Don Cherry

[Ornette]

Si la liberté avait un prénom, ce serait probablement Don. Don Cherry a contribué à l'invention du Free-Jazz avec son complice de toujours, Ornette Coleman. Spécialiste de la pocket trumpet (trompette de poche !), cet instrument lui est désormais amplement identifié (Olu Dara et quelques autres en jouent également). Après avoir joué avec les plus grands saxophonistes (Coleman, Coltrane, Ayler, Sanders, Barbieri), il a su faire évoluer progressivement sa musique en l'ouvrant aux musiques de l'ensemble de la planète. C'est le parfait exemple du musicien ayant continué à progresser tout au long de sa carrière (même s'il faut reconnaître quelques faiblesses pour ce qui concerne les tout derniers albums, marqués du sceau de la maladie). Initialement raillé par Miles Davis, Don Cherry s'est progressivement imposé comme une figure incontournable de sa génération. Partenaire de Charlie Haden, il présente des qualités musicales comparables à celles de ce dernier : son splendide, économie de moyens (aucune note superflue) et parfaite utilisation des silences. Dès la fins des années 1960, son oeuvre est de plus en plus imprégnée de spiritualité (notamment via ses inflences indiennes et africaines). En bref : un artiste proprement génial et incontournable. Je vous propose ici sa vaste discographie, les albums soulignés étant ceux que je recommande tout particulièrement:

[Ornette]

Ornette Coleman: Something else. Contemporary S7551; 1958
* Original Jazz Classics OJC CD-163-2
Ornette Coleman: Tomorrow is the question. Contemporary S7569 1959
* Original Jazz Classics OJC CD-342-2
Paul Bley: The fabulous Paul Bley Quintet. America 30 AM 6120; 1959
(retitled: Live at the Hillcrest Club) Inner City IC 1007;
* Musidisc 500 542 (F)
Ornette Coleman. Coleman Classics, vol. 1. Improvising 1959
Artists IAI 37 38 52
Ornette Coleman: The shape of Jazz to come. Atlantic SD 1317; 1959
* Atlantic 19238-2
Ornette Coleman: Change of the century. Atlantic SD 1327 1959
Lenox School of Jazz concert. * S.O.J. 1/2 (It); Jeal 1959
Records RJD 513 (Dk)
John Coltrane-Don Cherry: The avant garde. Atlantic SD 1451; 1960
* Atlantic 790041-2
Ornette Coleman: This is our music. Atlantic SD 1353 1960
Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz. Atlantic SD 1364; * Atlantic 1960
1364-2
Ornette Coleman: Ornette!. Atlantic SD 1378 1961
Ornette Coleman: Ornette on tenor. Atlantic SD 1394 1961
Ornette Coleman: The art of the improvisers. Atlantic SD 1572 1961
Ornette Coleman: Twins. Atlantic SD 1588 1961
Ornette Coleman: To whom who keeps a record. Warner Pioneer 1961
P-10085 A (J)
Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a rare thing. * Rhino/Atlantic 1961
8122-71410-2. (6-CD). (contains the entire Coleman output
on Atlantic plus some previously unreleased tracks)
Steve Lacy: Evidence. New Jazz NJLP 8271; * Original Jazz 1961
Classics OJC CD-1755-2
Sonny Rollins: Our man in Jazz. RCA LSP 2612; RCA SF 7546; 1962
* BMG 7 4321 19256-2 (F)
Sonny Rollins: Three in Jazz. RCA LSP 2725; RCA SF 7626 (UK); 1963
* BMG 7 4321 21825-2 (D)
Sonny Rollins: On the outside. * RCA ND82496 (contains all 1962/63
RCA tracks of Rollins with Cherry from the 2 LPs above)
Sonny Rollins Quartet: Live in Europe. Unique Jazz UJ 22, 1963
Jazz Anthology JA 5241; (re-issued with additional tracks
as: Live in Paris '63) * Magnetic Records MRCD 101
Sonny Rollins Quartet: In Europe 1963, Vol. I. * Jazzup JU 1963
313, (retitled: Rollins meets Cherry I) * Moon MCD 053-2
Sonny Rollins Quartet: In Europe 1963, Vol. II. * Jazzup JU 1963
314, (retitled: Rollins meets Cherry II) * Moon MCD 054-2
Sonny Rollins: Live mid 60's. * Landscape LS 2-915 1963
Sonny Rollins: Stuttgart 1963 Concert. Jazz Connoisseur 1963
JC 106; Jazz Anthology JA 5235
Prince Lasha: It is revealed. Zounds L71863 (US) 1963
(Private pressing reportedly limited to 100 copies!)
Bengt Nordstroem - Don Cherry: Duo. Bird Notes BNLP 3 (Sw) 1963
(reportedly only 5 copies were pressed of this LP!)
New York Contemporary Five: Consequences. Fontana 681 013ZL, 1963
Fontana 881 013ZY; * Fontana PHCE 1001 (J)
New York Contemporary Five, Vol. 1. Sonet SLP36; Polydor 1963
623 235 (UK); Delmark DL 409; Storyville SLP 1010;
(CD including also the following LP) * Storyville STCD 8209
New York Contemporary Five, Vol. 2. Sonet SLP51; Polydor 1963
623 267 (UK); Delmark DL 412; Storyville SLP 1009;
(CD including also the previous LP) * Storyville STCD 8209
Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary Five. Savoy 1963
MG12184; Realm RM 52422 (UK); Byg 529 101 (F);
* Savoy / Atlantic 93008-2
Albert Ayler: New York eye and ear control. ESP 1016; * 1964
Albert Ayler Quartet: The Copenhagen Tapes. * Ayler Records 1964
aylCD-033 (Sw)
Albert Ayler: Ghosts. Debut DEB143; Fontana 688 606ZL; 1964
(retitled: Vibrations) Freedom FLP 40117; Arista AL1000;
* Freedom FCD 741000
Albert Ayler: The Hilversum session. Osmosis 6001; * Coppens 1964
COPPE 6001 (NL), DIW 330 (J)
Albert Ayler: Ayler. Philology W 88; (retitled: Live in 1964
Europe 1964-1966) * Landscape LS 2-902
Krzysztof Komeda: The complete recordings of Krzysztof Komeda, 1964
Vol. 14. * Polonia CD 123 (PL), (also released as:
Soundtracks from Henning Carlsen movies)
Power Bros PB00189 (PL)
Brand New! Svensk Jazzhistoria, Vol. 9. (4-CD). * Caprice 1964
Records CAP 22050 (Sw) (Cherry is on one track of this
4-CD set, which was released in 2003)
Don Cherry: Togetherness. Durium MS A 77127, Cicala BL 7068, 1965
Start L.P.S. 40.025; Inner City IC 1009; Free Bird FLY 01
George Russell: George Russell at Beethoven Hall, vol. 1. 1965
MPS-SABA SB15059; BASF 25125; (CD including also the
following LP) * MPS/Motor Music 539 084-2
George Russell: George Russell at Beethoven Hall, vol. 2. 1965
MPS-SABA SB15060; (CD including also the previous LP)
* MPS/Motor Music 539 084-2
Sunny Murray: Sonny's time now. Jihad 663, DIW 25002 (J); 1965
* DIW 14, DIW 355 (J); (retitled: Sunny's time now and
more) Jazzette BPCD-025 (Cr)
Sunny Murray: The lie. DIW 850925 (one sided 7" single) 1965
Don Cherry: Complete communion. Blue Note BLP 4226; 1965
* Blue Note 7243 5 22673 2 3
Giorgio Gaslini: Nuovi sentimenti. HMV QELP 8154, 1966
EMI 3C 064 18036 (I); (retitled: L'integrale no. 3-4)
* Soul Note SN 121352
Don Cherry: Live at "The Montmartre", Vol. I. * Magnetic 1966
Records MRCD 111
Don Cherry: Live at "The Montmartre", Vol. II. * Magnetic 1966
Records MRCD 112
Don Cherry: Symphony for improvisers. Blue Note BLP 4247; 1966
* Cema/Capitol 7777 28976-2; Blue Note 7243 5 63829 2 3
Don Cherry: Where is Brooklyn?. Blue Note BLP 4311; 1966
* Blue Note 0946 31143526
Don Cherry: The complete Blue Note recordings of Don Cherry. 1966
* Mosaic MD2-145. (2-CD). (contains the three Blue Note
LPs of Cherry from above)
Krzysztof Komeda: Le Depart. (7" EP). Phillips 437.376 (F); 1966
(full length CD). * Volcano Records CPC8-1058 (J)
Den gyllene cirkeln. * Flashmusic FLCD-12. (This CD is 1967
enclosed in a book with the same title, issued by Prisma,
Stockholm, 2002, ISBN 91-518-3989-x)
Albert Mangelsdorff: Albert Mangelsdorff and his friends. 1967
MPS 15210 ST; * Universal/MPS 00440067375-2
Don Cherry: Movement Incorporated. * Anagram Records 1967-68
ANA-008 (Sw) (released in 2004)
Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X. Strata East SES 19736; 1968
* Bellaphon/Strata-East 660.51.019 (D)
The Jazz Composers Orchestra. JCOA LP 1001/2. (2-LP); 1968
* JCOA (ECM) 841 124-2
Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm. MPS 15204ST, BASF 20680; 1968
* Polygram POCJ 2520 (J)
Don Cherry: Brotherhood suite. * Flashmusic FLCD-4 (Sw) 1968-74
(released in 1997)
Ornette Coleman: Crisis. Impulse! AS 9187 1969
Ornette Coleman: Man on the Moon / Growing up. (7" single). 1969
Impulse!
Clifford Jordan: In the World. Strata East 19721; Polydor 1969
2383 206 (UK); Trio PA 7018 (J)
Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra. Impulse AS 9183; 1969
* Impulse IMP 1188-2
Allen Ginsberg-William Blake: Songs of innocence and 1969
experience. Verve-Forecast FTS 3083; (retitled:
Archetypes) MGM M3F-4951
Don Cherry: Mu. First part. Byg 529 301, Affinity AFF 8; 1969
(CD including also the following LP) * Affinity CD AFF 774;
Charly Le Jazz CD 56
Don Cherry: Mu. Second part. Byg 529 331, Affinity AFF 17; 1969
(CD including also the previous LP) * Affinity CD AFF 774;
Charly Le Jazz CD 56
Don Cherry: Live in Ankara. Sonet SNTF 669; (retitled: 1969
Ankara) Piccadilly Records Pic 3511; (reissued on: The
Sonet recordings) * Verve 533 049-2 (2-CD)
Al Heath: Kawaida. O'be Records OB-301, Trip TLP 5032 1969
(reissued as: Herbie Hancock: The Jazz Masters. 100 anos
de Swing) * Folio collection EF 20015 (E)
Carla Bley-Paul Haines: Escalator over the hill. JCOA 3LP 1969
EOTH. (3-LP); * JCOA (ECM) 839 310-2 (2-CD)

[Ornette]

Jon Appleton-Don Cherry: Human music. Flying Dutchman FDS 121 1970
Ornette Coleman: Friends and neighbors. Flying Dutchman 1970
FDS 123; * BMG France 7 4321 477952
Don Cherry: ditto. (2-LP). Byg YX 4012/13 (J); (retitled: 1971
Orient) Affinity AFFD 82; (2-CD). * Affinity CD AFF 769;
(2-LP). Get Back Records GET2010 (I), * Fruit Tree 825 (I);
(2-CD) Snapper Music SNAD513CD
Don Cherry: Blue lake. (2-LP). Byg YX 4022/23 (J); 1971
Get Back Records GET2012 (I); * Fruit Tree 826 (I);
(2-CD) Snapper Music SNAD513CD
Don Cherry: Organic music society. Caprice RIKS LP 44,50 1971
(Sw). (2-LP)
Krzysztof Penderecki-Don Cherry: Actions - The new eternal 1971
rhythm. Phillips 6305 153, Wergo SM1010; * Transparency
Records TRAN 0008 (US), Intuition INT 3606-2 (D)
Ornette Coleman: Science fiction. Columbia KC 31061; CBS 1971
S64774; * Sony SRCS 9372 (J)
Ornette Coleman: Broken shadows. Columbia FC 38029; CBS 85934, 1971
* Sony SRCS 7098, Sony SRCS 9373 (J)
Ornette Coleman: The Complete Science fiction Sessions. 1971
(2-CD). * Columbia/Legacy C2K 63569 (contains all tracks
from the 2 LPs above plus bonus tracks)
Ornette Coleman: Broadcasts. J For Jazz JFJ 803 (US); 1972
(retitled: Stating the case) Jazz Anthology JA 5248
Don Cherry-Dollar Brand-Carlos Ward: The Third World - 1972
Underground. Trio PAP 9018 (J)
Don Cherry: Relativity suite. JCOA LP 1006 1973
Alexandro Jodorowsky: The holy mountain. (film on Laser Disc). 1973
Nikkatsu NDH108, Amuse AML-0046 (J); (video) Visual Film
PAL VSL 10072 (UK)
Don Cherry: Eternal now. Sonet SNTF 653; Antilles AN 7034; 1973
(retitled: Tibet) Piccadilly Records Pic 3515; (reissued
on: The Sonet recordings) * Verve 533 049-2 (2-CD)
Michael Mantler: No answer. Virgin Records Watt 2; 1973
(reissued together with "Silence" as a 2-CD set)
* Watt 2/5 (ECM 543 374)
Don Cherry: ditto. A & M Horizon SP 717; (titled: Brown Rice) 1975
EMI 3C 064 18107 (F); * A & M 397 001-2
Don Cherry: Hear and now. Atlantic SD 18217; * Eastwind 1976
AMCY-1283 (J)
Cherry, Redman, Haden, Blackwell: Old and New Dreams. Black 1976
Saint BSR 0013; *
Charlie Haden: The golden number. A & M Horizon SP 727; 1976
* A & M 390 825-2
Steve Hillage: L. Virgin V 2066; * Virgin CDV 2066 1976
Steve Hillage: It's all too much/Shimmer. (7" single). Virgin 1976
VS 161
Lou Reed: Between thought and expression. * RCA PD90621 (3-CD) 1976
(also released as 3 individual CDs. The track with Cherry
is on Vol. 2)
Lou Reed: Sweet Lou - Walking in Los Angeles. United Records 1976
(bootleg); (retitled: Live in Los Angeles 1976) * SGRS 026
Lou Reed: Claim to fame. * DIYE 43 1976
Collin Walcott: Grazing dreams. ECM 1096; * 1977
Dollar Brand: The journey. Chiaroscuro CR 187; 1977
* Downtown Sound 1002
Don Cherry: Full moon. Atlantic Records (unreleased) 1978
Johnny Dyani Quartet: Song for Biko. Steeplechase SCS 1109; 1978
* Steeplechase SCCD 31109 (bonus track on CD)
Collin Walcott-Don Cherry-Nana Vasconcelos: Codona. 1978
ECM 1132; *
Don Cherry-Latif Khan. Music/Sangam. Europa JP 2009 1978
Lou Reed: The bells. Arista SPART 1093; * BMG 262 918 1978
Lou Reed: Bottom Line 12-3-78. Arp 704 (bootleg LP) 1978
Mandingo Griot Society: ditto. Flying Fish 076; * Flying 1978
Fish FF 70076
Live from Soundscape - Hells kitchen. * DIW 405 (J) 1978
Masahiko Togashi-Don Cherry-Charlie Haden: Session in Paris, 1979
Vol. I, Song of the soil. Paddle Wheel GP 3206 (J); * Take
One Records TOKJ-1501 (J)
Old and New Dreams: ditto. ECM 1154; * 1979
Karl Berger: Woodstock Workshop Orchestra. MPS 0068250 1979
Collin Walcott-Don Cherry-Nana Vasconcelos: Codona 2. 1980
ECM 1177; *
Old And New Dreams: Playing. ECM 1205; * 1980
Jazz Jamboree '80. Muza SX 1983 (PL) (This LP is shared with 1980
other artists)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Laughter. Stiff Seez 30; * Disky 1980
Seez 30
Bengt Berger: Bitter funeral beer. ECM 1179; * 1981
Rip Rig + Panic: I am cold. Virgin V 2228 (2 12" EPs) 1981
Interpretations of Monk. * DIW 395/398 (4-CD) (J); Koch 1981
KOC-CD-7838 (2-CD) + Koch KOC-CD 7839 (2-CD)
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell: El corazon. ECM 1230; * 1982
Billy Bang: Untitled gift. Anima Productions 3BG9; 1982
* 8th Harmonic Breakdown 8005/6
Collin Walcott-Don Cherry-Nana Vasconcelos: Codona 3. 1982
ECM 1243; *
Charlie Haden-Carla Bley: Ballad of the fallen. ECM 1248; * 1982
Don Cherry. An interview with a Jazz legend. (CD-ROM). 1982
* Gallery 41 - 97110001 (US)
Jim Pepper. Comin' and goin'. Europa JP 2014; * Antilles/ 1983
Island ANCD8706
Tullio De Piscopo: Acqua e viento. Bagaria 1655291 (I); Zyx 1983
Records 20.040 (D)
Tullio De Piscopo: Stop Bajon (Club mix/Instrumental). 1983
(12" single). Zyx Records 5139 (D)
Tullio De Piscopo: Stop Bajon/Stadera (remixes). (12" single). 1983
Nunk Records N1005 (B)
Sun Ra: Hiroshima. Saturn 10-11-85, Sun Ra 11-83 A/B 1983
Sun Ra: Outer reach intensity-energy. Saturn 9-1213-85 B 1983
Sun Ra Arkestra: East Berlin and West Berlin. DVD. 1983
Transparency 0171
(released in 2005)
Tamma: Tamma with Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell. ODIN LP 14 (N); 1984
* ODIN NJ 4014-2
Frank Lowe: Decision in paradise. Soul Note SN 1082; * 1984
(Ebba Jahn Rising Tones Cross. (video). Film Pals 1984
FP-0001-VHS (D)
Doudou Gouirand: Forgotten tales. Vent Du Sud VS 106 (F); 1985
* Musea/Great Winds GW 3104.AR
Don Cherry: Home boy. Barclay 827 488; * Secret Records 1985
(BMG) 55 2108 (F)
Ramuntcho Matta presents Polo Lombardo and Brion Gysin. 1985
Moskito 006 (F)
Brion Gysin: Self-portrait jumping. * Crammed Disc - Made 1985
to Measure 33 (B)
Tony Vacca & Tim Moran: City spirits. Philo PH-9007 (Can) 1985
Ornette Coleman: Made in America. (documentary video). 1985
Caravan of Dreams
Masahiko Togashi: Bura-Bura. (2-CD). ALFA Records 50XB-107/8, 1986
(LP). ALFA Records ALZ-28006 (J); * Pan Music PMC 1103 (F),
(2-CD). Videoarts Music VACM-1156 (J)
Nana Simopoulos: Wings and air. Enja 5031; * 1986
Sarah Vaughan & Friends. A Jazz Session ('Sass and Brass'). 1986
(video). HBO Video/Atlantic Vision 50209-3 (US);
(retitled: The super session III) Videoarts VAH-0053 (J);
(Sarah Vaughan: Sass 'n' Brass) (DVD). Trema 831860 (F)
Don Cherry: Art Deco. A & M 395 258-1; * 1986
Don Cherry/Nu: BBC Jazz Legends. * BBCJ 7004-2 1986 (réédité en CD en 2002)
Ornette Coleman: In all languages. Caravan of Dreams 1987
CDP 85008. (2-LP); * CDPCD 85008, Verve 531 915-2
Audio Letter: It is this it is not this. Cityzens for non- 1987
linear Futures CNLF-1 (Can)
Old And New Dreams: A tribute to Blackwell. Black Saints 1987
120 113; *
The 20th anniversary of the summer of love. Shimmy-disc 001 1987
(US) (This LP is shared with other artists); * Shimmy
disc 9024/CD. (The track with Don Cherry can be also
found on the record by Bongwater, cf. below.)
Bongwater: Double bummer. Shimmy-disc 011. (2-CD) (US) 1988
Trilok Gurtu: Usfret. CMP Records CMP 33 ST 1988
Heiner Goebbels: Der Mann im Fahrstuhl. ECM 1369 1988
Charlie Rouse: Epistrophy. Landmark LLP 1521; * Landmark/GRP 1988
LCD-1521-2
Paranoise: Constant fear. Antilles 90986; * Antilles 1988
422-842591-2
Elli Medeiros: Elli. Barclay 839 413-2 (F) 1989
Elli Medeiros: Vanille (Paris Mix/London Mix). (12" single). 1989
Barclay 889 209-1; (CD single). Barclay 889 209-2
Elli Medeiros: The wheel of time (remix)/Les dattes (remix). 1989
(7" single). Barclay 873 676-7 (F)
Don Cherry: Multikulti. A & M 395 323-2 1989
Charlie Haden: The Montreal tapes, Vol. II. Verve 523 260-2 1989
Hilton Ruiz: Doin' it right. Novus/RCA PL 83085 1989
Sun Ra: Purple Night. A & M 75021 5324-2 1989
Sun Ra: Somewhere else. Rounder Records 1166 3036; Zensor 1989
ZS 136 (D)
Sun Ra Arkestra: Live at the Palomio. DVD. Transparency 0170 1989
Neneh Cherry. The Rise of Neneh Cherry. (video). Circa 790-335 1989
(UK); BMG R-1593 (US)
Jai Uttal: Footprints. Triloka Records 183-2 (US) 1990
Joe Henry: Shuffletown. A & M 395 315-2; Mammoth Records 1990
MR0095-2
Hassan Hakmoun: Life around the world. Mina MRJ-6263 (US) 1990
Don Cherry's "Multikulti". (video). View Video 1348 (US); 1991
(DVD). Kultur Films Inc. 4007
Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph: Gift of the Gnawa. Flying 1991
Fish FF 70571; Blue Flame 398 50352
Philippe Kahn: Walkin' on the moon. Pacific High PH1002 (US) 1991
The Watts Prophets with Don Cherry: Change is overdue. 1992
New World Rhythm 001 (12" EP) (UK)
George Gruntz/Allen Ginsberg: Cosmopolitan greetings. MGB 1992
MGBCD 9203 (2-CD) (Ch)
Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II: What it be like?. Enja ENJ-8054 1992
Ingrid Sertso: Dance with it. Enja ENJ-8024-2 1993
Die Ratte. (Soundtrack CD). Ariola 74321 13302-2 (D) 1993
Inside Heaven: Sex is the answer. (CD single). BMG 1993
74321 13274-2
(features three different remixes of the title track; the
2 remixes with Cherry are also on the album "Die Ratte")
Inside Heaven: Sex is the answer. (12" maxi single). 199?
(features four different remixes of the title track)
Don Cherry: Dona Nostra. ECM 1448 1993
Stolen Moments. Red hot and cool. GRP 9794 (2-CD) 1994
Ira Cohen: The poetry of Ira Cohen. Sub Rosa SR 62 (B) 1994
Up & Down Club Sessions, Vol. II. Mammoth Records MR0104-2 1994
Jim Pepper: Pepper's Pow Wow. (documentary video). Upstream 1996
Productions (US)
Ramuntcho Matta: Disques intempestifs. Cahiers intempestifs 6, 1996
Editions Printer (F). (This CD was issued together with
the French magazine 'Cahiers intempestifs, no. 6')

[Electric Thing]

[Ornette]

Don Cherry - Parco Lambro 1976 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdBeJvD5BQ0&feature=related
Une formation que je ne connaissait pas jusqu'à présent !

[Ornette]

Un concert en ligne avec la participation de Don Cherry : BFBB w Cherry & Sridhar: Live in Frankfurt

1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1yKZhAppRA
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH87NtyHyO8
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX9OOn8_baQ
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNCyBeL81xs
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxkBCfDkZ30
6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3oxXp4-Ak
7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBMXpK-_E0
8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2nu5HIm4D0

[Ayler]

Deux chroniques :

Don Cherry: Live at Café Montmartre (ESP - 2007)
http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2007/08/24/5981000.html

Don Cherry: Live at Café Montmartre, vol. 2 (ESP - 2008)
http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2008/05/index.html

[Ayler]

Les réactions de Roy Campbell et Dave Douglas lors d'un blindtest :

Dave Douglas: This is Don Cherry. I’ve got this record. This is some great Don Cherry playing on this record. Some unusual stuff because he’s on a Johnny Dyani session and I think it’s from the ’70s. Song for Biko.
Roy Campbell: The bass sound got me right away. It was an unusual bass sound—a richness. It was a good recording.

Le disque est alors confirmé : Don Cherry from the Johnny Dyani Quartet "Wish You Sunshine"
from "Song for Biko" on Steeplechase.
Cherry, trumpet; Dudu Pukwana, alto sax; Johnny Mbizo Dyani, bass; Makaya Ntshoko, drums.
Recorded in 1978.

DD: Don—man, you just hear the sunshine in his sound.
RC: And lyrical, too. I was listening to the lyricism at first and I said, “This horn is singing. Really singing. Some of that stuff he did in the ’60s was a little more abstract. This was really melodic. In the pocket.

DD: I think that what’s interesting about the progression of Don Cherry’s playing, first of all he did so many things, so I don’t think you can draw a straight line through his career. But I do think that when you hear him play in a context like this it is different than it was 20 years earlier because of all his involvement with traditional Turkish music and Indonesian Gamelan music. Music from different parts of the world and those experiences creep into his playing. Even the later records like Art Deco with James Clay. It’s really interesting to hear Don play traditional tunes with standard forms and yet you hear that kind of simplicity that comes from his experiences playing what we call world music.

RC: Also that album Brown Rice—it’s sweet, you can hear some elements of what you just played for us. It’s very lyrical.

DD: There’s a great track on that Song for Biko record [“Jo’burg–New York”] that’s some of the best Don Cherry I’ve ever heard. I think also Johnny Dyani is just an overlooked, giant figure in the music. If you talk to people who were playing around at that time, he was really a heavyweight.

RC: Yeah, I played with him in David Murray’s band. It was an octet. He was a very fantastic player.

Source : http://www.jazztimes.com/

[Ayler]

[Ayler]

[Bloomers]

exactement le genre de jazz qui me prend la tête....à voir la tronche des spectateurs, je ne suis pas le seul...

[Nestor]

ça date de quand?

[Ayler]

Je n'ai pas les dates des performances mais je dirais milieu des années 80 pour la 1ère et fin 70's pour la seconde.

[leptilou]

Quelle discographie !!! quel expérimentateur et quel désir de rencontre... A son époque Miles occupait la scène... et Don Cherry et Kenny Wheeler restait un peu trop dans l'ombre à mon avis, en regard de leur talent.

J'aime beaucoup cette collaboration avec
Steve Lacy: "Evidence" . New Jazz NJLP 8271; * Original Jazz 1961
Classics OJC CD-1755-2

je l'ai vu au moins deux fois (une fois au new Mornin' et une fois au palais des glaces avec J Redman, E Blackwell et Ch Haden ). Beaucoup d'humour et de fantaisie en scène. Il rigolait toujours et ne se prenait pas au sérieux.

Un jour en prenant l'avion à Orly ou Roissy (?), deux longs tapis roulants se croisaient en sens inverse... et en avançant je vois arrivé trois mec en face, dont un dont le visage me disait quelque chose... Le type me regarde également voyant mon coté intrigué... et tout à coup ! je LE reconnais et je le pointe du doigt en disant "Don Cherry !! " Et son visage s'est illuminé d'un grand sourire et il m'a fait un pti salut, ravi d'être reconnu ; et nos tapis roulants se sont croisés comme cela !!!

[Ornette]

Don cherry à bombay, avec Gurtu et Shankar !

[leptilou]

Tiens je viens de reprendre à la biblio le "Coltrane / Cherry" "the avant garde" 1960 avec Ch Haden et le fabuleux Ed Blackwell.... et Percy heath également...

Quelle LIBERTE dans ce disque !!! Cherry mène la danse, ce jour là !!! indéniablement !

[Ornette]

Une prestation télévisée complète en 1976 avec Nana Vasconcelos. Merci Internet !

[Ornette]

Un concert antérieur en France et en trio :

[oskare]

EXCELLENT Don Cherry. Les 3 que je possède:

[Ornette]

Don Cherry en duo avec Orphy Robinson

[Ornette]

Extraits d'un voyage de Don Cherry en Afrique du Nord. On y voit notamment Henri Texier et Daniel Humair jeunes. On y entend aussi Don Cherry citant Pharoah dans un petit discours.

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Don Cherry à Bombay, avec Trilok Gurtu & L. Shankar :

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Un bon documentaire, qui illustre très bien le personnage, avec notamment James Blood Ulmer et Rashid Ali :

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Un fort bel hommage de Dave Douglas à Don Cherry :

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