Don Cherry
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[Edit]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 general adherence to modern jazz's harmonic conventions — sounds as if it might have been played by Miles Davis or Chet Baker. Coleman and Cherry were vanguardists, to be sure, and they were received as such by critics, musicians, and audiences alike. Even so, today, in listening to these early free jazz sides, one wonders what all the fuss was about, for it's clear that both musicians — especially Cherry — played in a style derived from the mainstream of jazz's development.
Naturally, the passing of four decades provides us a perspective denied listeners at the time; changes that seem slight to us today were magnified then. Coleman and Cherry's elastic relationship to pitch and swing-time were certainly a liberation from the tyranny of equal temperament and literal pulse. Despite the music's revolutionary characteristics, however, no one would now deny that the work of these men is an extension or interpretation of the jazz tradition. This is particularly obvious in Cherry's case; abstracted from his contexts, Don Cherry's style was in a real sense grounded in bebop. He wasn't an especially strong bebop player by classic standards — his range and facility were somewhat limited, for one thing — but externally, his style bore the marks of modern jazz in terms of melody, harmony, rhythm, and phrasing.
Evaluating Cherry in classic terms is a mistake, for like Miles Davis — and Coleman, for that matter — concepts of Western musical objectivity were nearly irrelevant to his work. Cherry was not gifted with extraordinary chops, but those are classicist concerns, and his was a wholly romantic art. Cherry's greatest strength was less easily quantified, less tangible: an ability to convey emotional depth via a subtle manipulation of musical elements. An improvised Don Cherry line might bear all the typical contours of bebop, but Cherry micro-managed every aspect of his playing, rhythmically, harmonically, melodically, timbrally, and dynamically. Like Coleman, Cherry's sound came as close to the expressive qualities of the human voice as was instrumentally possible. And his playing was utterly spontaneous; Cherry was among the most unpredictable of improvisers. His frequent stutters in mid-solo may have stemmed from a limited vocabulary of canned phrases, but his resultant recoveries were the stuff of which great jazz is made.
Cherry first attained prominence with Coleman, with whom he began playing around 1957. At that time Cherry's instrument of choice was a pocket trumpet (or cornet) — a miniature version of the full-sized model. The smaller instrument — in Cherry's hands, at least — got a smaller, slightly more nasal sound than is typical of the larger horn. Though he would play a regular cornet off and on throughout his career, Cherry remained most closely identified with the pocket instrument. Cherry stayed with Coleman through the early '60s, playing on the first seven (and most influential) of the saxophonist's albums. In 1960, he recorded The Avant-Garde with John Coltrane. After leaving Coleman's band, Cherry played with Steve Lacy, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, and Albert Ayler. In 1963-4, Cherry co-led the New York Contemporary Five with Shepp and John Tchicai. With Gato Barbieri, Cherry led a band in Europe from 1964-6, recording two of his most highly regarded albums, Complete Communion and Symphony for Improvisers. Cherry taught at Dartmouth College in 1970, and recorded with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra in 1973. He lived in Sweden for four years; he used the country as a base for his travels around Europe and the Middle East. Cherry became increasingly interested in other, mostly non-Western styles of music. In the late '70s and early '80s, he performed and recorded with Codona, a cooperative group with percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and multi-instrumentalist Collin Walcott. Codona's music was a pastiche of African, Asian, and other indigenous musics. Concurrently, Cherry joined with ex-Coleman associates Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, and Dewey Redman to form Old and New Dreams, a band dedicated to playing the compositions of their former employer. After the dissolution of Codona, Cherry formed Nu with Vasconcelos and saxophonist Carlos Ward. In 1988, he made Art Deco, a more traditional album of acoustic jazz, with Haden, Billy Higgins, and saxophonist James Clay. Until his death in 1995, Cherry would continue to combine disparate musical genres; his interest in world music never abated. Cherry learned to play and compose for wood flutes, tambura, gamelan, and various other non-Western instruments. Elements of these musics inevitably found their way into his later compositions and performances, as on 1990's Multi Kulti, a characteristic celebration of musical diversity. As a live performer, Cherry was notoriously uneven. It was not unheard of for him to arrive very late for gigs, and his technique — never great to begin with — showed on occasion a considerable, perhaps inexcusable decline. In his last years, especially, Cherry seemed less self-possessed as a musician. Yet, his musical legacy is one of such influence that his personal failings fade in relative significance.
Title: Multikulti - Live
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, World Music
Title: Live In Köln – February 23, 1975 / Live In Koln – February 23, 1975
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz
Title: Terry Riley Don Cherry Duo (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Don Cherry, Terry Riley
Genre: Jazz, Experimental, Classical
Title: Symphony for Improvisers (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered)
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz
Title: Musical Monsters
Artist: Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Irene Schweizer, Pierre Favre, Leon Francioli
Genre: Free Jazz
Title: The Avant-Garde
Artist: John Coltrane, Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Tamma With Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell
Artist: Tamma, Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, World Music, Ethnic
Title: Mu First Part Mu Second Part Orient (Remastered)
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Don Cherry (feat. Ornette Coleman & Steve Lacy)
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz
Title: Organic Music Theatre: Festival De Jazz De Chateauvallon (CD2)
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Experimental
Title: Organic Music Theatre: Festival De Jazz De Chateauvallon (CD1)
Artist: Don Cherry
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Experimental
Title: Old and New Dreams
Artist: Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Classical
Title: Codona 2
Artist: Don Cherry, Naná Vasconcelos / Nana Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz
Title: Codona
Artist: Don Cherry, Naná Vasconcelos / Nana Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Fusion
Collections
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Hit Parade Classics Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Radio Hits of the '50s
Genre: Rock
Title: Blue Note 75
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Vintage Tunes. Nuggets & Rarities Vol. 29
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pop Easy Listening Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Timeless Love Songs of the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: Wonderful World of the 50's - 100 Hit Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: Spotlight On The 50's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Hits From the 50s
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs You Heard in Mad Men
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Hits of 1955, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Rockin' Originals - Original Versions of Famous Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop
Title: Country Spectacular
Genre: Country
Title: Songs of Freedom, Liberty, & War
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Spiritual Jazz 4: Americans in Europe
Genre: Jazz, Alternative
Title: Songs from the Mad Men Era
Genre:
Title: Swedish Jazz History, Vol. 9 (1960-1964) - Brand New!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Music Nº1 "Cocktail Hits"
Genre: Pop
Title: Neti-neti Audio Letter Remix
Genre: Alternative
Title: The Most Influential Jazz Trumpet Players
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazzactuel
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music & The Moon Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: ECM: Rarum / Selected Recordings I - VIII (BOX-Set)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Classics: Blue Lake
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Classics: Blue Lake
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Back To The Early 50's
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Pop - Hey There
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years - 1955
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love the 50's: 1955 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Favourites No. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Jazz Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rollins' Choice: Blue Note Selections by Henry Rollins
Genre: Jazz
Title: Friendly Persuasion, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: ECM Selected Signs III-VIII
Genre: Jazz
Title: Lipstick On Your Collar
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of Avant-Garde Jazz
Title: Jazzactuel CD3
Genre: Jazz
Title: LRC Jazz Legacy Anthology, Vol. 5: Time Remembered
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 17
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 20 Jazz Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Band Jazz Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Avant Garde Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Heavenly Sweetness Label Compilation #1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Radio Hits Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs for Mother - 20 Super Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Blue Jazz Moods
Genre: Jazz
Title: Compact Disc Club - Blue Note CD 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Loved Bands Of All Time CD4
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Blue Note Years, Volume 5: The Avant Garde
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Best Of Blue Note
Title: Pure 50s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pepper Hot Baby
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Back To The 50s (CD05)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1955 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Live in Nürnberg 84 / Live in Nurnberg 84
Artist: Bengt Berger, Bitter Funeral Beer Band
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Tribute to Blackwell
Artist: Old, New Dreams
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Pop
Title: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Artist: Michael Mantler, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blackwell, Ed: Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. 2
Artist: Ed Blackwell
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock
Title: Vol. 1 - The Ray Conniff Recordings
Artist: Ray Conniff
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Artist: John Coltrane
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz
Title: Ray Conniff Presents Various Artists, Vol. 10
Artist: Ray Conniff
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Desireless
Artist: Aldo Romano, Romano & Sapienza, Texier, Laurent, Complete Communion
Genre: Jazz
Title: Heavenly Sweetness - 10 Years of Transcendent Sound
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk