AmirBagachelles Posted August 6, 2005 Report Posted August 6, 2005 (edited) my ears/mind has been soaking in Christy Doran's hot and atmospheric guitar for a few weeks, since getting ahold of two terrific Ray Anderson discs on Hat, as well as Christy's two on Hat. Last weekend I finally heard a bit of OM on the Half a Lifetime live compilation (what a great eclectic set, my best find in months!!) and today I am spinning two (beat copies unfortunately) of OM vinyl -- Kirikuki and w/ Dom Um Romao. OM sounds like much much more than Christy's band, I like the intense Burri bass groove and the bursts of dueling Doran and Liemgruber soprano. And Freddy Studer. This is a tasty band!!!!! This stuff should have been put to CD, its way better than 99% of any fused jazz/rock I have ever heard. I'd love to hear more... Edited August 6, 2005 by AmirBagachelles Quote
king ubu Posted August 6, 2005 Report Posted August 6, 2005 Om has legendary status in Switzerland... Doran and Studer are among the more visible jazz musicians still today. Burri I don't know much about, but he's still active, too. Leimgruber, of course, made it as big as you can, if you play that kind of music. He's probably a giant... I saw him in concert two or three years ago, and it was terrific. Funny rat stuff, but more of the quiet side, introspective, exploring, searching, playing with sounds and noises, yet at the same time creating an ark of tension and release over a continous set of music (he was accompanied by Christian Weber on bass and some swiss drummer, can't remember who it was). As for Studer he today plays with the "hardcore chamber" music (jazz, mainly) trio Koch-Schütz-Studer (with reeds player Hans Koch and cellist Martin Schütz). Doran leads a band called "New Bag" - they have I think three discs out now. I did a little radio show together with a friend on Doran & Studer's "Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix" programme. You can hear it here: link There's some (swiss german) talk in between, from an interview we did with the two, but two thirds of it are music, taken from a live gig from the tour they did (with Kim Clarke on bass and Erika Stucki on vocals). Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted August 6, 2005 Author Report Posted August 6, 2005 Thanks, that "if six were nine" hit the spot. I hope to hear from anybody who heard OM play live. (And any hot tips on where their old vinyl may be lurking will be appreciated.) Thanks, Dan Quote
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