{"product_id":"ancestral-5065014356722","title":"Ancestral","description":"'Ancestral' marks a profound metamorphosis for master  saxophonist John O'Gallagher. He cast off his old skin,  fundamentally altering his studies, homeland, and life, thereby  charting a new future. Recorded at Sound on Sound Studios in  Montclair, New Jersey, in January, 2024, 'Ancestral' was influenced,  in part, by O'Gallagher's PhD studies into the music of John Coltrane,  and reunites the versatile reeds player with guitarist Ben Monder while, notably, features the first-ever recorded collaboration between  master drummers Andrew Cyrille and Billy Hart.  \"Basically, my PhD (available on O'Gallagher's website) is an analysis  where I transcribed all of Trane's solos, spelling out what he does on  his late recordings 'Interstellar Space' and 'Stellar Regions'. And it  shows that free music is not free, not the way people think it is. Trane  was definitely thinking about organization in those records. This  research definitely gave me ideas about how to be freer within the  systems that I had developed, and how to perceive them in a more  organic way.\"  O'Gallagher's latest recording marks a significant artistic evolution,  following a period of considerable personal change. After leaving  Brooklyn, New York, he and his wife relocated to the UK before  ultimately settling in Lisbon, Portugal. This journey, coupled with  dedicated study, profoundly shaped his new music.  In an album consisting largely of first takes, O'Gallagher's  compositions vary from through-composed pieces to skeletal charts  to full-blown group compositions\/ improvisations.  A1. Awakening A2. Under the Wire A3. Contact A4. Tug B1. Profess B2. Altar of the Ancestors B3. Quixotica B4. Postscript","brand":"Whirlwind Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46253651427411,"sku":"2758038X","price":39.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4465702_c67885bb-262e-4451-b8bb-519d70872416.jpg?v=1789329084","url":"https:\/\/www.deepdiscount.com\/products\/ancestral-5065014356722","provider":"Deep Discount","version":"1.0","type":"link"}