Don CHERRY & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Relativity Suite 1973

Don CHERRY & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Relativity Suite 1973
JCOA LP 1006

Jazz

Don Cherry appeared on the first two releases by JCOA, albums under the leadership of label founders Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, so their decision to commission him for the third album seemed a wise move, as indeed it was. Using many of the same musicians who contributed to those records and were then established as the loose collective called the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Cherry molded into a suite a string of the pieces he'd been composing and performing in the previous few years. Under the tutelage of Pandit Pran Nath, Cherry had been studying and increasingly using Indian karnatic singing in his recordings and concerts; he begins this album with a similarly derived chant. As the energy heats up, the orchestra launches into the captivating Mali Doussn'gouni, featuring a raging tenor solo by Frank Lowe and delightful vocal acrobatics by Cherry. When it slowly dissolves into his achingly beautiful Desireless, the first half of the album comes to an extremely satisfying conclusion. The remainder of the session is somewhat more of a mixed bag, succeeding off and on. Highlights include Selene Fung's lovely work on the ching, a Chinese koto-like instrument, and Ed Blackwell's exuberant New Orleans marching patterns on the concluding number. While not as breathtaking or cohesive as his Eternal Rhythm, Relativity Suite almost matches that release in its first half and contains many a worthwhile joy. Recommended. By Brian Olemnick. AMG.
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Trumpet, Woodwind [Conch], Voice, Percussion- Don Cherry
Bass- Charlie Haden
Drums- Ed Blackwell
Piano- Carla Bley
Alto Sax, Voice- Carlos Ward
Tenor Sax, Voice- Dewey Redman , Frank Lowe
Tuba- Jack Jeffers
French Horn- Sharon Freeman
Percussion- Paul Motian
Percussion [Ching]- Selene Fung (tracks B1)
Tambura- Moki Cherry (tracks B2)
Trombone- Brian Trentham
Cello- Jane Robertson , Pat Dixon
Viola - Joan Kalisch , Nan Newton
Violin- Leroy Jenkins
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A1. Tantra   8:00
A2. Mali doussn'gouni   5:40
A3. Desireless   1:22
B1. The Queen of Tung-Ting Lake   4:30
B2. Trans-Love Airways   6:50
B3. Infinite Gentleness   3:22
B4. March of the Hobbits   3:38
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Don CHERRY, Latif KHAN - Music Sangam 1978

Don CHERRY, Latif KHAN - Music Sangam 1978
1989 Issue. JP 2009

Jazz

One of the earthiest albums ever from Don Cherry -- a set of duets with tabla player Latif Khan  recorded in Paris in the late 70s, and featuring Cherry in a range of soulful modes! Don doesn't just play his usual trumpet  but keyboards, flute, gong, and other percussion as well  a really incredible blend of instruments that's often overdubbed, so that Cherry's already adding in a few layers of his own sound before Khan comes in with some really rocking work on tablas! The blend of world and jazz influences is perfect  and the album's as much of a treasure as Cherry's equally important Sonet sessions of the 70s. Titles include "Rhythm 58 1/4", "One Dance", "Air Mail", "Untitled", and "Sangam". 
From Dusty Groove.
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First time reissue of this forgotten album of Don Cherry. This album was recorded in 1978 in Paris and released only in France in1981. That was the first meeting between Don Cherry and Indian percussionist Latif Khan and the result is an incredible mixture of jazz and Indian music. This unsung album is only known by hardcore fans of Don cherry who considered it as one of his best effort.
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Latif Khan- Tabla
Don Cherry- Trumpet, Keyboards, Gong, Flute [Bamboo Flute], Voice
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Recorded At Studio Davout, Paris, France, June 1978.
Original LP release 1982 (Europa Records JP2009).
Track A1 dedicated to Maurice White. First part (Untitled) composed by Ornette Coleman. Part two (Inspiration From Home) composed by Don Cherry.
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A1. Untitled / Inspiration From Home 5:35 
       Composed By - Don Cherry , Ornette Coleman 
A2. Air Mail 7:02 
       Composed By - Don Cherry 
A3. One Dance 4:35 
       Composed By - Don Cherry 
B1. Rhythm 58 1/4 3:13 
       Composed By - Latif Khan 
B2. Sangam 13:10 
       Composed By - Latif Khan  
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Don CHERRY, Dewey REDMAN, Charlie HADEN, Eddie BLACKWELL - Old And New Dreams 1977

 

Don CHERRY, Dewey REDMAN, Charlie HADEN, Eddie BLACKWELL - Old And New Dreams 1977
BSR 0013

Jazz

Comprised of Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell, this group of Ornette Coleman alumni convened in the mid-70’s for tours and several recordings. I was lucky to hear them live a number of times in the early 80’s, and each time was a revelation. “Dewey’s Tune” is from their first (and lesser known) eponymous album on the Black Saint label (1976)—recorded without the gloss of the later ECM studio recording (1979). This one tune showcases everything that the group had to offer: parade rhythms from Blackwell, hand-in-glove melodies from Cherry and Redman, springy, inventive bass lines from Haden, the group’s patented call and response, and concise, always swinging solos from everyone. The beginning of Cherry’s solo is a high point, but the whole tune is beautiful and perfectly exemplifies the ethos of Old and New Dreams.
By Frank Kimbrough.
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A virtual reincarnation of Ornette Coleman's first ensembles, the cooperative Old and New Dreams brought together trumpeter Don Cherry, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Ed Blackwell to reinterpret the master's early repertoire. By the time their first album was released in 1978, ECM's Old and New Dreams, all four musicians were leaders with their own projects; this perhaps explains the intermittent nature of their ensuing collaboration (three albums in ten years). The quality of the group's recordings was uniformly high; the two ECM albums benefit from that label's characteristic clarity of sound. With the deaths of Cherry and Blackwell in the '90s, further collaborations of course became impossible. However, the band's limited yet superb output is an important complement to the work they did under Coleman's leadership in the late '50s and early '60s.
By Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide.
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Don Cherry- Pocket Trumpet
Dewey Redman- Tenor Sax and Musette
Charlie Haden- Bass
Eddie Blackwell- Drums and Gong
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A1. Handwoven 6:53 
       Written-By - Ornette Coleman 
A2. Dewey's Tune 5:52 
       Written-By - Dewey Redman 
A3. Chairman Mao 7:33 
       Written-By - Charlie Haden 
B1. Next To The Quiet Stream 6:42 
       Written-By - Don Cherry 
B2. Augmented 10:05 
       Written-By - Don Cherry 
B3. Old And New Dreams 6:26 
       Written-By - Dewey Redman 
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Don CHERRY & John TCHICAI - Live Nyon 1980

Don CHERRY & John TCHICAI - Live Nyon 1980
Bootleg
1980-May-30  
Nyon, Switzerland,
Jazzfestival 1980 (FM)
Thanks to *Boromir*

Jazz

Don Cherry- Trumpet
John Tchicai- Alto,Saprano Sax,Vocal
Irene Schweizer- Piano
Leon Francioli- Bass
Pierre Favre- Drums
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01. Title (fade-out) 38:15
02. Announcement Speaker 0:22
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Don CHERRY - New York Total Music Company 1968

Don CHERRY - New York Total Music Company 1968
1968-March-24  
Frankfurt, Germany,
Volksbildungsheim,
11. Deutsches Jazzfestival 1968
This is an FM broadcast of the group's performance at the 11th German Jazzfestival on 24 March 1968. My guess is that it was transmitted by hessischer rundfunk (hr2) on 10 March 2008.
Bootleg
Thanks to *Jazzrita*

Jazz  

Trumpeter Don Cherry might have honed his craft when he played with Ornette Coleman in the late ’50s and early ’60s but he did not hesitate to flex his musical muscles on his own.
To call Cherry a trumpet player is not only misleading but does a great injustice to the musician. While he played the trumpet and cornet and assorted flutes, he was adept at the piano and even experimented with electronics.
So it was not a great surprise to find Cherry performing a free jazz-ish set with Steve Lacy at the Deutsches Jazzfestival in Frankfurt in March 1968 and then record the world-fusion Eternal Sunshine in November (with Albert Mangelsdorff and Sonny Sharrock among others).
In an interview, Cherry said: “The form of jazz where you had the composition, then the sax solo, trumpet solo, piano solo, drum solo, then trade fours - that concept doesn’t open up for surprises. And surprise is, to me, one of the most important things in life, for inspiration. I would write compositions so I could change those compositions. Or I’d have one artist solo in one piece and out of that piece we’d go to another, maybe never going back to what we started with.”
Not only that, Cherry appeared to be a very fair leader, allowing every member here to shine and the intricate interaction among the players was not lost on the appreciative Frankfurt audience. Listening to this set, one can just picture Cherry with a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face.
Don Cherry died in Spain in 1995 due to liver failure. He was 58.
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Don Cherry- Cornet, Bamboo Flute
Steve Lacy- Sax
Karl Berger- Vibes, Piano
Kent Carter- Bass (thanks to Luis Torregrosa for clarifying the name)
Jacques Thollot- Drums  
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01. Tune In (KB,comp) 06:01
02. A New Folk (DCh,comp) 12:23
03. Bird Suite (KB,comp) 07:13
04. Going Home (KB,comp) (fade-out) 04:14  
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The Third World, Underground 1972

The Third World, Underground 1972

Jazz

Dollar Brand- Piano,Vocal
Don Cherry- Trumpet,Vocal,Perc.
Carlos Ward- Alto Sax,Vocal,Perc.
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Don's Song (Don Cherry)
Cherry (Dollar Brand)
Jabulani-Easter Joy (Dollar Brand)
Waya-Wa-Egoli (South African Trad. Arr. by Dollar Brand)
Swazi (Dollar Brand)
Wayeah-Wayeah-O (Victor Ndilzwana arr. by Dollar Brand)
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A. 1.Don's Song
   2.Cherry
B. 1.Bra Joe From Killimanjaro
   2.Jabulani-Easter Joy
   3.Waya-Wa-Egoli
   4.Swazi
   5.Wayeah-Wayeah-O
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Don CHERRY - Live At Café Montmartre (Vol I,II,III) 1966

Don CHERRY - Live At Café Montmartre (Vol I,II,III) 1966
ESP 4032

Jazz

Recording quality is great for a broadcast, although I seem to be getting a lot more Gato through the speakers than Cherry during ensemble blowing passages. Either way, the quintet has its collective ears on each other, and they proceed to kick a whole lot of ass. Extra points for the nervous wreck version of the hymn/march bit from Symphony for Improvisors.
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"Don Cherry, more than any other artist in the jazz of his era, pioneered the music's internationalist nature that has now come to be commonly accepted as an integral part of its character. The individuality of Cherry's contribution to the history of jazz has often been unfairly obscured by his admittedly important association with the music of Ornette Coleman. While the (pocket) trumpeter's position as Coleman's front line partner in the altoist's first revolutionary quartet was indeed a major one, Cherry's role as one of the founders of the genre that is known today as `world music' is equally significant."
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Best known for his work alongside avant-garde pioneer Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry also led a solo career that fused the revolutionary aspects of free jazz with a deep interest in the music of Africa, Asia, and other cultures. LIVE AT CAFÉ MONTMARTRE 1966 is a testament to the trumpeter's diverse, boundary-pushing aesthetic. These five tracks find Cherry and his quintet working largely in a modal framework, building simple phrases into complex rhythmic entities that unfurl with the help of wild improvisation and frenetic energy. The music bears a resemblance to the music Cherry made with Coleman in the early '60s, yet maintains Cherry's unique international influence, giving it a flavorful edge.
From CD Universe.
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Don Cherry- Pocket Trumpet;
Gato Barbieri- Tenor Sax;
Karl Berger- Vibraphone;
Bo Stief- Bass;
Aldo Romano- Drums.
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Vol I
01. Intro 0:36
02. Cocktail Piece 13:11
03. Neopolitan Suite: Dios E Diablo 7:26
04. Complete Communion 13:20
05. Free Improvisation: Music Now 10:46
06. Cocktail Piece (End) 2:28
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Vol II
01. Intro Don Cherry 0:21
02. Oafeu Negro Don Cherry 10:38
03. Suite for Albert Ayler Don Cherry 11:11
04. Spring is Here Don Cherry 8:46
05. Remembrance Don Cherry 9:25
06. Elephantasy (Incomplete) Don Cherry 2:40
07. Complete Communion Don Cherry 22:29
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Vol III
01. Complete Communion 26:13
02. Remembrance 24:45
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