#2461: Sampling Don Cherry

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

The great trumpeter, world music icon, jazz explorer, improviser, and part Choctaw Indian - Don Cherry - is no longer on the planet, but his work lives on in recordings. On this edition of New Sounds, we'll sample some of the music of Don Cherry, which reaches across a weird and wonderful range of musical idioms and forms. Listen to Cherry's work as Codona - a group with Collin Walcott and the Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos - whose musical flavourings draw from Africa, India, South America and the Middle East. There's also some of the "American Indian jazz" that Cherry played with tenor sax player Jim Pepper. Plus, hear from collaborations with Latif Khan, Adam Rudolph, Hassan Hakmoun, Lou Reed and Talking Heads, among others.

PROGRAM # 2461 Don Cherry’s World Music (First aired on Wed.. 10/5/05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Carla Bley	Escalator Over The Hill	A.I.R. (All India Radio) [4:00]	ECM #839310 , Watt 1802 Available at Amazon.com*
Don Cherry & Latif Khan	Sangam	One Dance [4:00]	Europa JP #2009 Out of Print
Trilok Gurtu	Usfret	Usfret, excerpt [4:30]	CMP #33 www.artist-shop.com
Codona (Colin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos)	Codona	Codona [6:00]	ECM #1132 ** www.ecmrecords.com*
Jim Pepper	Comin’ And Goin’	Squaw Song [5:30]	Island/Antilles #90680 Out of Print, but try E-bay and www.amazon.de Info about Jim Pepper at www.inmotionmagazine.com
Jai Uttal	Footprints	Footprints [4:00]	Triloka #183 ** www.triloka.com *
Don Cherry w/Aberg & Stenson	Dona Nostra	Prayer [5:00]	ECM #@1448 ** www.ecmrecords.com*
Mandingo Griot Society	Mandingo Griot Society	Sounds From the Bush [4:00]	Flying Fish #70076 Dist. by www.rounder.com*
Hassan Hakmoun & Adam Rudolph	Gift Of the Gnawa	Larmame [7:00]	Flying Fish #70571 Dist. by www.rounder.com*

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