Don Cherry
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Oklahoma City OK, United States (1936 – 1995)
Don Cherry, born Donald Eugene Cherry (November 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - October 19, 1995), gained notoriety in the late 1950s through legendary Ornette Coleman recordings featuring Cherry’s cornet and trumpet playing (sometimes featuring his playing of novel horns); including The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz (1961), the latter of which bred an entirely new sub-genre of jazz itself.
After leaving Coleman and playing with John Coltrane on The Avant-Garde (1961), he signed a deal with Blue Note records to release three albums. The first and most famous of these recordings, Complete Communion (1965), proved Cherry’s worth and originality as a composer by developing several different themes within each twenty minute piece and blurring the distinction between composition and improvisation.
During the late 1960s and beyond Cherry added various world music elements to his work. He constantly traveled and implemented different ethnic elements, including the shenai (an oboe-like instrument) until his death in Malaga, Spain in 1995.
Don Cherry Biography from the Musician Guide website:
Born November 18, 1936, in Oklahoma City, OK; father was a bartender/club manager and trumpet player; wife’s name, Moki (an artist); children: Eagle-Eye (son), Nenah (stepdaughter). Education: Attended School of Jazz, Lenox, MA, 1959.
During the late 1960s and beyond Cherry added various world music elements to his work. He constantly traveled and implemented different ethnic elements, including the shenai (an oboe-like instrument) until his death in Malaga, Spain in 1995.
Don Cherry Biography from the Musician Guide website:
Born November 18, 1936, in Oklahoma City, OK; father was a bartender/club manager and trumpet player; wife’s name, Moki (an artist); children: Eagle-Eye (son), Nenah (stepdaughter). Education: Attended School of Jazz, Lenox, MA, 1959.
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