Ogún Meji Duo – For Those Who Have Gone, But Still Remain
From Columbus this free jazz duo pays tribute to and name drops into the song titles both Albert Ayler and Sunny Murray.
The Ayler tribute is titled Albert Ayler is Ringing Them Bells and it’s sincere attempt to recreate his sound. If you’re familiar with Ayler it’s clear what they’re going for. Ayler had such a distinct sound. So fragmented and echoey like he was always chopping up the melody and bouncing it against itself. It’s a hell of a tall order to recreate. Sunny Murray was Ayler’s drummer and the drumming on the Murray track is great.
I recommend taking 35 minutes to check this out
I’m going to agree with the free jazz collective blog and give this 4/5 Stars
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