Translating, Transcribing

One of the things that interests me is the idea of taking one piece of information and using a different form of language or data - and re-creating it. Translating from one language into another is one of those ways, another is transcribing a jazz solo into notation - particularly if the piece was originally improvised. My 'Grand Artwork' - which this blog is ultimately about and sourcing for, is based on inviting translations of a piece of foriegn text and having jazz music attached to each. In my ongoing research into the 'Grand Artwork' - i have stumbled across a guy who has transcribed to Brad Mehldau pieces for users to download. One is for Lament for Linus from his album Art of the Trio Vol 1 - it's a great effort and a wonderful little piece of the long tail the web is so good for. (and for any Brad fans - this guy also had an entire discography of Brad Mehldau here)