OM/ShalOM, by Michael Stephans

OM/ShalOM

by Michael Stephans

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1.	Nigun 5 05:52	buy track
2.	Let My People Go 05:40	buy track
3.	And The Angels Sing 06:39	buy track
4.	Avinu Malkeinu 05:34	buy track
5.	Dayeinu 06:10	buy track
6.	Shalom Alecheim 04:31	buy track
7.	Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieb 03:55	buy track
8.	OM/ShalOM 06:50	buy track
9.	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 07:01	buy track
10.	Kaddish for Elvin 02:01	buy track
11.	Tumbalalaika 03:14	buy track
12.	Hava Nagila 03:21	buy track
13.	Moon Over Miami 04:54	buy track
14.	Adon Olam-Resolution 09:43	buy track

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The Awakening

The idea for this gathering of songs and musicians was born originally almost a decade ago, and is yet another example of how the Universe unfolds and weaves its own mysterious and beautiful tapestry. Back then, I had been thinking about some of the old songs I remember hearing and singing as a young boy in our synagogue in West Miami, Florida. Revisiting those melodies also spurred the memory of the wordless incantations of the old men who would gather each afternoon in a neighborhood storefront Schule, bow, and chant prayers that bade farewell to the day and welcomed the night.

Around the time that these sounds came back into my consciousness, I had been listening to a lot of John Coltrane’s middle- and late-period music. One day, as I had immersed myself in Coltrane’s amazing Village Vanguard recording of “Spiritual,” the awakening happened. There seemed to be a startling similarity between the hypnotic Hebrew song “Avinu Malkeinu,” and the trancelike droning of the bass and the bass clarinet that serves as the introduction to ‘Trane’s stately and somber melody. As a result, I listened to other Hebrew hymns, and other Coltrane songs, particularly parts of ‘Trane’s masterwork, “A Love Supreme.” Likewise, “Alabama,” “Om,” and “To Be” became entangled with “Shalom Alechim” and “Adon Olam.” The water grew delightfully murky. What happened in the studio on those two days was pure magic.

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released January 26, 2024

Michael Stephans: drums, percussion, piano, spoken word
David Liebman: tenor & soprano saxophones, wood flute, piano
Bennie Maupin: bass clarinet, tenor & soprano saxophones, alto flute
Scott Colley: acoustic bass
D. Munyungo Jackson: percussion, voice

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