Don Cherry

• GATEFOLD SLEEVE 180 GRAM LP

Don Cherry really breaks out here on his classic Mu sessions from France – using the new freedoms of post-68 Paris to explore themes at a level that would set the tone for generations to come! The album's very spare, and very improvised – with Cherry on pocket trumpet, piano, and wooden flute – plus a bit of percussion too – alongside drummer Ed Blackwell, who's equally unbridled – showing a huge evolution since the time both he and Don spent in the group of Ornette Coleman! There's a few echoes of the global elements that Cherry would later embrace more strongly in the 70s – but the core energy here is mostly improvised jazz, handled at a level that really makes a lot better use of the freedom than some of Don's contemporaries

PERSONNEL:

• Don Cherry - trumpet, vocalss
• Ed Blackwell - drums

Recorded August 22, 1969 at Studio Saravah, Paris

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. The Mysticism Of My Sound
• A2a. Dollar Brand
• A2b. Spontaneous Composing
• A2c.Exert, Man On The Moon
• A3.Bamboo Night

• SIDE B
• B1. Teo-Teo-Can
• B2. Smiling Faces Going Places
• B3. Psycho-Drama
• B4a. Theme Albert Heath
• B4b. Theme Dollar Brand
• B4c. Baby Rest, Time For...