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DON CHERRY
with Peter Brotzmann, Fred van Hove and Han Bennink
Berlin 1971 [no label, 1CD]
Live in Berlin, Germany; August 27, 1971. Very good FM broadcast.
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.
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.”
Don Cherry died in Spain in 1995 due to liver failure. He was 58.
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Thanks to carville for sharing the show at Dime.
Lineage:
German FM (date unknown) > Maxell UDXL II (no Dolby) (circa 1985?) > flac (2021)
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Audio was shared as one single track. Arbitrarily split here for easier access.
Track 01. Improvisation - Part A 6:06
Track 02. Improvisation - Part B 5:14
Track 03. Improvisation - Part C 10:40
Track 04. Improvisation - Part D 10:49
Track 05. Improvisation - Part E 7:22
Track 06. Improvisation - Part F 6:06
Track 07. Improvisation - Part G 6:37
53 mins
Lineup:
Don Cherry (co, fl, perc, etc)
Peter Brotzmann (reeds)
Fred von Hove (kb)
Han Bennink (dr, etc)
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