CONSEQUENCES
TRIO
New York Contemporary Five
Consequences
Fontana : 1963
Archie Shepp, tenor sax; Don Cherry, trumpet; John Tchicai, alto sax; Don Moore, bass; J. C. Moses, drums.
The New York Contemporary Five barely lasted a year all told, but they recorded five albums that shaped the jazz to come. They were a supergroup after the fact – the stellar [...]
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SUPERGROUP!
February 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, New York Contemporary Five
Tags: Archie Shepp·Ben Webster·Bill Dixon·Cecil Taylor·Coleman Hawkins·Don Cherry·Don Moore·Fontana·J.C. Moses·John Tchicai·New York Art Quartet·New York Contemporary Five·Ornette Coleman
SUMMER RE-UP: The Utopia Will Not Be Televised
August 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Don Cherry
Originally posted 11 July 2007.
THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN
UTOPIA & VISIONS
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
Don Cherry
Organic Music Society
Caprice : 1972
DC, trumpet, voice, piano; Maffy Falay, muted trumpet; Tommy Goldman, flute; Tommy Koverhult, flute; Tage Siven, bass; Okay Temiz, drums; and various visitors and friends. For “Bra Joe,” it’s Cherry and Temiz plus a 50-piece Youth [...]
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Better Git It in Your Soul
May 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand, Carlos Ward, Don Cherry
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO > JABULANI-EASTER JOY > WAYA-WA-EGOLI > SWAZI > WAYEAH-WAYEAH-O
The Third World
Underground
Trio : 1972
Don Cherry, trumpet, percussion, vocals; Carlos Ward, also sax, percussion, vocals; Dollar Brand, piano, vocals.
This is pure pleasure. The sole album from The Third World trio is so rare that it’s easy to discount. There’s the slightest tang of collector-bait obscurity, the [...]
Tags: Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand·Carlos Ward·Don Cherry·Third World·Underground
Play Time
July 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Old and New Dreams
RUSHOUR
BROKEN SHADOWS
Old and New Dreams
Playing
ECM : 1980
Dewey Redman, tenor sax, musette; Don Cherry, trumpet; Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums.
Is it possible this group is underappreciated? That instead of being recognized as a jazz super-ensemble, they are viewed more as an Ornette Coleman cover band? Though all bandmembers have strong ties to Coleman, and though [...]
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Right Foot Start, Left Foot Follow!
June 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Don Cherry
I WALK
Don Cherry
Home Boy
Barclay : 1985
DC, vocals, piano, trumpet, harp, melodica; Ramuntcho Matta, guitar; Elli Medieros, backing vocals; Fil Mong, bass; Jeanne-Pierre Coco, congas; Abdoulaye Prosper Niang, drums.
It’s a straight-up fact that not enough jazz artists release 7″ singles. So here’s a flip side from a shoulda been chart-topper courtesy of globe-trotting jazz legend [...]
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Bitter Funerals: Pour Some on the Curb for 2007
December 18th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Bengt Berger, Don Cherry
TONGSI
CHETU
Bengt Berger
Bitter Funeral Beer
ECM : 1982
BB, master drum, ko-gyil, axatse; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet; Tommy Adolfsson, trumpet, sogo; Kjell Westling, sopranino sax, bass clarinet; Thomas Mera Gartz, tenor sax, violin, drums, kidi; Ulf Wallander, soprano and tenor sax; Jörgen Adolfsson, alto and soprano sax, violin, sopranino; Christer Bothén, tenor sax, bass clarinet, bells; Tord [...]
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The Utopia Will Not Be Televised
July 11th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Don Cherry
THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN
UTOPIA & VISIONS
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
Don Cherry
Organic Music Society
Caprice : 1972
DC, trumpet, voice, piano; Maffy Falay, muted trumpet; Tommy Goldman, flute; Tommy Koverhult, flute; Tage Siven, bass; Okay Temiz, drums; and various visitors and friends. For “Bra Joe,” it’s Cherry and Temiz plus a 50-piece Youth Orchestra.
Organic Music, a.k.a. Don [...]
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