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This composition was written in 1999. At that time i was playing Saxophone and had a free ranging large (8 players) electric and eclectic ensemble called Bombpop. There are 8 unreleased cds of Bombpop material as well as countless live recordings and videos all of which i hope to release one day. The song was written on horn.

I wrote this tune as a homage to the great and precious American Saxophonist and Composer Ornette Coleman. I love Ornette and we've all lost a little with his recent passing this very month (june 2015). So in 1999 i noticed he was going a little bald + he seemed to me and certainly was a musical saint, prophet and kind human being so i wrote this titled A Wig for A Saint implying all meanings with respect, love and a little humor. I met OC 5 times on streets in NYC over the course of 9 years, the first time in 1999. 4 of those times he invited me to come to his apt and play, intending to do just that it somehow never happened and to this day i have no words for why, but it seems ok, it was enough. What always struck me in these chance meetings was this feeling from him that he was completely present and all his attention was right there in the moment and open to me. He was very kind and completely accessible. So here's to OC may the sun never set on his music.

The Melody is mostly an excuse to have fun Improvising, and Dan and Ryan certainly get right to it and beautifully so. Again i have to say with the Oud a whole new sound opens up here for me and i feel the melody transcends it's beginnings and inspiration to find it's authentic truth.

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from Tomchess​-​Momentarily Endless, track released June 16, 2015
Tomchess-Oud, Composer
Dan Kurfirst-Drums/Perc.
Ryan Snow-Trombone

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