Morning Song – Tricotism
Internet commenters have a (sometimes deservedly) bad reputation, but they can also be founts of knowledge, as on this thread following jazz blogger Steve Wallace’s deep and insightful post about “Tricotism”, written by Oscar Pettiford and featuring saxophonist Lucky Thompson.
Tricot is a special case of warp knitting, in which the yarn zigzags vertically, following a single column (“wale”) of knitting, rather than a single row (“course”), as is customary. Tricot and its relatives are very resistant to runs, and are commonly used in lingerie.
And Jon Baird:
Ted and Steve;
“Tricoter” is the French verb “to knit”. “Tricotage” means “knitting”, as does “tricot”, which could be a knitted object, such as a jersey or cardigan. a “tricoteur” is a male who knits, while a “tricoteuse” is a female who knits.
As far as I know, “tricotism” is not French. O P must have had some French background to come up with this word, which, in my view, is a great word (given the French root meaning) to describe a piece of music. Perhaps you should listen to Tricotism again with a view to deciding if it is knitted together!
Which it decidedly is.
Enjoy.
MassCommons 