The composer and saxophonist Terry Jennings had gotten to know La Monte Young during the late 1950s as a saxophonist. During the late ’50s and early ’60s, both Jennings and Young were composing traditionally notated music that was proto-minimalist in style, featuring slow tempos and long, sustained notes. This is a dossier of scores sent by Jennings to David Tudor that mirrors this style. Jennings and Young together also played John Coltrane–inspired saxophone improvisations following the performances of these pieces in Young’s concert series of 1960–61 at Yoko Ono’s loft.
© Terry Jennings / MELA Foundation, Inc.
