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Best Local Jazz Album

Om Nidrah by Bill McKemy

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Published on October 09, 2003

Former Malachy Papers bassist Bill McKemy's debut disc, Duende, stuck to straightforward short-song structures, with mixed results. The tunes impressed even in their abbreviated form but felt as though they'd been snuffed shy of their full potential. For Om Nidrah, McKemy went into the studio with three skeletal compositions and fleshed them out with the help of Brian Baggett and Jake Blanton on guitars and Tom Morgan on drums. The tracks benefit from the additional breathing room, which allows for epic ebb-and-flow dynamics.