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ALBUMInside/OutsideDon Cherry
Albums by Don Cherry
ALBUMInside/OutsideDon Cherry
ALBUMThe Summer House SessionsDon Cherry
ALBUMThe Third World-Undergroundダラー・ブランド、ドン・チェリー、カルロス・ワード
ALBUMTalking Jazz Volume 02 Trumpet 02Ben Sidran, Don Cherry & Red Rodney
ALBUMActionsDon Cherry & Krzysztof Penderecki
ALBUMOrient / Blue LakeDon Cherry
ALBUMDollar and Okay's Tune (Live Paris in 1971) [feat. Okay Temiz]Don Cherry
ALBUMMu First PartDon Cherry
ALBUMMu First Part / Mu Second PartDon Cherry
ALBUMMultikulti - LiveDon Cherry
Artist Playlists
Don Cherry Essentials
Sample the sweep of the trumpeter's career, including cuts with Coleman and Coltrane.
Artist Biography
Don Cherry is perhaps the most important avant-garde trumpeter in jazz history. His career took off when he joined up with saxophonist Ornette Colemen in the late 1950s. Coleman's album THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME, on which Cherry is prominently featured, essentially invented the concept of free improvisation in jazz. Cherry would play with Coleman for many years, but also collaborated with avant-garde icons such as John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp and Steve Lacey, to name but a few. Cherry was one of jazz's most eclectic stylists and embraced a host of musical concepts from around the globe, while also guesting on albums for the likes of Lou Reed. A visionary personality with remarkable passion and heart, Don Cherry passed away in 1995. His step-daughter Neneh and son Eagle-eyed have both had successful musical careers as well.
Hometown
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
Genre
Jazz