Veering towards Hollywood Cinematic, you eventually accept them as just another of the varying textures with which Tolliver assembles his composition. Strings! Generally, I don’t like them (British understatement). The total decibel-output of all those instruments probably sounds a bit tame through a hi-fi, and you probably wouldn’t want all these musicians in the room with you, even if you could fit them in. It is not big-band in the sense of the big band genre – it is not especially melodic, rhythmic or swinging big band, it is.something else. Impact is big-band in that it has a lot of players: 14 horns, 8 strings, and a rhythm section. Each track operates in largely the same mode but alternating the players, and some tracks have more strings than others. Cinematic in scale, restless in pace, Tolliver’s compositions weave together bursts of raw power and repeating crescendos, which give way to a modal canvas for the soloists, queued up for take off after the boss has had his say. It reminds me of the saying attributed to Stalin, “Quantity has a Quality all of its own”. Tolliver must have rounded up every musician available in New York on this date, it is two three four or five of everything. Winston Collymore, Noel Da Costa, Gayle Dixon, Noel Pointer, violin Julius Miller, Ashley Richardson, viola Akua Dixon Turre, Edith Wint Porter, cello OH, and above all else, I need more time! With Hal, my light saber project, my book writing, my room cleaning, and my actual job, I don't have a whole bunch of time.Note: this is not Tolliver’s small-group “Impact” from 1972, but the very large ensemble Music Inc & Orchestra “Impact” from 1975.Ĭharles Tolliver, trumpet, flugelhorn Stanley Cowell, piano Cecil McBee, Clint Houston, Reggie Workman, bass Clifford Barbaro, drums Warren Smith, chimes, percussion Billy Parker, percussion Big Black, congas Ĭharles McPherson, alto saxophone James Spaulding, flute, alto saxophone George Coleman, tenor saxophone Harold Vick, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Charles Davis, baritone saxophone Jon Faddis, Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Jimmy Owens, Richard Williams, trumpet Garnett Brown, John Gordon, Kiane Zawadi, trombone Jack Jeffers, bass trombone Lastly, I need to find a aluminum bottom plate for it too. I need to see if the LED alone will fill out the lens, but I may need to ad a filter to it. I also have a red LED and a concave mirror for his "eye". I see other replicas have anodized aluminum looking face plate, but I sort was under the impression that Hal's face plate was also his speaker, so that is how I want my Hal 9000. I've also got mosquito netting for the back board. Next up is some color and aluminum tape for the edges. The glass is a lens I got at a second hand store and is from what I'm told was a projector. The wood is standard particle board I got at a hardware store. Here is the first picture I have of my Hal: I have all the things I need to make one, except a bottom piece. I am making my own Hal 9000 from scratch. My second project I'm posting is a project I have wanted to do since I finally saw 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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