The quintet of Ra Kalam Bob Moses (drums), Hein Westgaard (electric guitar), Margaux Oswald (piano), Art Edmaiston (tenor saxophone), and Kevin Cheli (percussion fuse spiritual free jazz with European improvisational energy, drawing on ancient Egyptian concepts of the soul to shape a fiery and resonant sonic ritual, recorded live in Memphis in an atmosphere of raw and uncompromising interplay.
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Bob Moses-(Ra Kalam Bob Moses) drums
Hein Westgaard-electric guitar
Margaux Oswald-piano
Art Edmaiston-tenor saxophone
Kevin Cheli-percussion
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UPC: 1993509467766
Label: Sonic Transmissions Records
Catalog ID: STRCD51
Squidco Product Code: 36832
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: Norway
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 1st, 2023, by Kevin Cheli. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
"Memphis Metaphysics is a bold free jazz project uniting Swiss-Filipina pianist Margaux Oswald, Norwegian guitarist Hein Westgaard, legendary drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses, percussionist Kevin Cheli, and Memphis saxophone master Art Edmaiston.
Recorded live in Ra Kalam's Memphis living room during Oswald and Westgaard's 2023 journey through the American South, the album merges avant-garde spiritual jazz and European free improvisation with the raw, soulful spirit of Memphis.
Ra Kalam's drumming anchors the music with deep emotional resonance, guiding the ensemble's uncompromising interplay.
The album's five tracks draw inspiration from ancient Egyptian concepts of the soul-each piece named after a spiritual element such as the Ka, Sah, and Shuyet.
These themes are mirrored in the visual artwork, which references early 20th-century archaeological discoveries in the Egyptian city of Memphis-curious stone tablets inscribed with ears, believed to receive and preserve human prayers.
Just as those artifacts were vessels of voice and spirit, Memphis Metaphysics becomes a ritual of sound: a channeling of histories, energies, and improvisational fire into a cosmically grounded listening experience."-Sonic Transmissions Records
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• Show Bio for Bob Moses "Bob Moses (born January 28, 1948) is an American jazz drummer. Moses played with Roland Kirk in 1964-65 while he was still a teenager. In 1966 he and Larry Coryell formed The Free Spirits, a jazz fusion ensemble, and from 1967 to 1969 he played in Gary Burton's quartet. He also recorded with Burton in the 1970s, in addition to work with Dave Liebman/Open Sky, Pat Metheny, Mike Gibbs, Hal Galper, Gil Goldstein, Steve Swallow, Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan (from 1979 to 1982), George Gruntz, and Emily Remler (from 1983 to 1984). In the early 1970s he was a member of Compost with Harold Vick, Jumma Santos, Jack Gregg (fr) and Jack DeJohnette. His first session as a leader was in 1968, released as the record Love Animal. His second session as a leader was in 1973 with the release of Bittersuite in the Ozone. his records for Gramavision in the 1980s were critically acclaimed. He is also the author of the drum method book Drum Wisdom. Moses currently performs alongside John Lockwood, Don Pate, and John Medeski with noted guitarist Tisziji Muñoz and teaches at New England Conservatory." ^ Hide Bio for Bob Moses • Show Bio for Hein Westgaard "Hein Westgaard is a Norwegian guitarist, improviser and composer, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hein Westgaard Trio is a guitar-bass-and-drums trio that plays exploratory, genre-curious music, freely mixing elaborate compositions with open improvisations." ^ Hide Bio for Hein Westgaard • Show Bio for Margaux Oswald "Margaux Oswald is a pianist of French-Filipina origin, born in Geneva, and currently based in Copenhagen. She has played the piano since the age of 5, and is now committed to the art of free improvisation. She has recorded with Swedish guitarist Niklas Fite (Fire! Orchestra), in a duo with Danish trumpeter Kasper Tranberg, and in a trio with Argentine saxophonist Albert Cirera & bassist Johannes Nästesjö." ^ Hide Bio for Margaux Oswald • Show Bio for Art Edmaiston Art Edmaiston - Memphis, TN saxophonist, improvisor/composer and player of "Ecstatic Energy Music". Credits include Gregg Allman, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Little Feat, JJ Grey & Mofro, Ra Kalam Bob Moses and many more. "Art's voluptuous sound on the tenor saxophone was sculpted from years spent playing R&B and blues in Memphis, but has origins in the small country town of Troy, TN where he grew up playing alone in wide open farm land and soybean fields. Edmaiston creates forward-looking music while being fully present in the moment. Bold improvisations teeming with energetic melodies that alternate between husky subtones and brilliant multiphonic flourishes. Blues and spiritual music are an underlying influence in the original compositions as well as a touchstone throughout his solo journeys.His personal creative approach to the soprano saxophone makes use of smeared notes, pitch bends and tonal manipulations offering listeners an aural picture of abstract liberated instrumental expression unlike anything heard in mainstream music performances." ^ Hide Bio for Art Edmaiston • Show Bio for Kevin Cheli "Kevin Cheli is an improvising percussionist and electronic musician currently based in St. Louis, MO. He has performed and recorded improvised music across the United States in a wide variety of ensembles with artists such as Damon Smith, Jessica Ackerley, Gahlord Dewald, Sandy Ewen, Scott Looney, Seth Andrew Davis, Jeff Kaiser, Bob Bucko Jr., Alexander Adams, Reid Karris, Tom Law, Álvaro Domene, Lucas Brode, Michael Eaton, Al Margolis, Kyle Quass, Federico Musso, Errant Space, Adam Gabbert, and Luc Mosley. Since 2018 he has contributed sounds, engineering, and artwork to more than a dozen releases of improvised and experimental music. Kevin holds a BM from Webster University and an MA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City." ^ Hide Bio for Kevin Cheli
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Track Listing:
1. Ib (The Heart) 08:08
2. Shuyet (The Shadow) 05:00
3. Khet (The Physical Body) 14:46
4. Ka (The Vital Essence) 10:46
5. Sah (The Spiritual Body) 07:46
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