Don Cherry

Don Cherry
Born: Nov 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, OK
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Died: Oct 19, 1995 in Málaga, Spain
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, World Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, Modern Creative
Biography: The second track from Tomorrow Is the Question -- Ornette Coleman's 1959 wake-up call to the fusty hard bop movement -- is a medium tempo blues, "Tears Inside." After the statement of the tune's two-beat, countrified-bebop theme, trumpeter Don Cherry plays a solo that -- for all its frail beauty and ...Read full biography
Complete Communion
Released: 1965
Label: Blue Note
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Not counting a couple of sessions he co-led with John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, Complete Communion was the first album Don Cherry recorded as a leader following his departure from the Ornette Coleman ...Read full review
Eternal Rhythm
Released: 1968
Label: Universal Japan
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Eternal Rhythm is a masterpiece on several levels. It was one of the earliest major examples of the idea that it was possible for any and all musical cultures to exist simultaneously, a philosophy that ...Read full review
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