As far as noisy sax goes, I really feel that Zorn is more "in the tradition" of Ornette Coleman. "The Shape of Jazz to Come" is fantastic. Masada sounds to me, at times, like a Yiddish Ornette Coleman tribute group.

I know Coltrane died of liver disease caused by his excessive drinking. As far as noisy Coltrane goes though, "Interstellar Space" is an intense drum and sax duo.

Message: 5
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:00:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Theo Klaase <river_of_dogs@yahoo.com>
Subject: COLTRANE
To: zorn-list@lists.xmission.com

    I've recently gotten into Coltrane and I had a
couple of questions:

a.) Did Coltrane do any "noise" music?  Did he ever
make the sax scream like Zorn, and if so, on which
release?

b.) What did he die from?

    E-mail me privately, thanks in advance...

_Theo