Don Cherry

 

Artist:  Don Cherry

Birth Name:  Donald Eugene Cherry

Born:  November 18, 1936.  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died:  October 19, 1995(Aged 58).  Malaga, Spain

Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, World Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Post Bop, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Cormet, Trumpet, Wood Flute, Tambura, Gamelan

Don Cherry was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He had a long association with Free Jazz Saxophonist Ornette Coleman, which began in the late 1950s.  He also performed alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, The New York Contemporary Five, and Albert Ayler.  In the 1970s, He became a pioneer in World Fusion Music drawing on Traditional Afican, Middle Eastern, and Hindustari Music.  He was a member of the ECM Group.  AllMusic called him "One of The Most Influential Jazz Musicians of the late 20th Century.

Title:  Where Is Brooklyn?  (Blue Note Classic Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, World Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Post Bop, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Awake Nu (6:55)

 2.  Taste Maker (6:48)

 3.  The Thing (5:50)

Side Two:

 1.  There Is The Bomb (4:51)

 2.  Unite (17:48)

Personnel:

Don Cherry:  Cornet

Pharoah Sanders:  Tenor Saxophone, Piccolo

Henry Grimes:  Bass

Ed Blackwell:   Drums

Where Is Brooklyn? is an album by Don Cherry, originally released in 1969 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on January 21, 2022 by Blue Note Records.  180 Gram

Audiophile  Vinyl.