Idea: A Cappella Duets/Trios of Great Moments in Free Jazz

I can’t sing for shit, which makes this sound even more fun. I was just singing the opening of Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity in the hallway (it was empty, thankfully), and the idea came into my head. I think a lot of it would start to sound like death metal cartoon music.

Other free jazz great’s that would be great a cappella are:

• John Coltrane’s Interstellar Space
• The Cecil Taylor Unit (mid-70’s)
• Pharoah Sanders on Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages
• Anything with Evan Parker
• Or Masada
• Plus highlights from Peter Brötzmann’s Machine Gun (I think this would sound like Beavis and Butthead on meth)
• And much much more!

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