{"title":"Don Cherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Cherry took the freedom of the Ornette Coleman quartet and spent the next thirty-five years extending it outward. The pocket trumpet was his signature, a smaller, brighter horn that suited his bent phrases and his preference for short, voice-like lines over fast technical runs. After Coleman, he co-led \u003cem\u003eThe Avant-Garde\u003c\/em\u003e with John Coltrane (Atlantic, 1961), recorded a trio of Blue Note albums beginning with \u003cem\u003eComplete Communion\u003c\/em\u003e (1965), and then went further. Relocating to Sweden with his wife Moki, he absorbed Tibetan chant, Indian raga, West African doussn'gouni, and North African modal shapes, all of it folded into a music he refused to label. The duo \u003cem\u003eMu\u003c\/em\u003e sessions with Ed Blackwell on BYG Actuel. Codona with Naná Vasconcelos and Collin Walcott on ECM. Old and New Dreams reuniting the Coleman alumni on Black Saint and ECM. \u003cem\u003eBrown Rice\u003c\/em\u003e as a cosmic solo statement. The Lush Life Don Cherry section gathers the European and Japanese pressings where his catalogue lives best: BYG Actuel originals, ECM editions, and the King Records reissues of his Paris sessions for the Japanese market.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"don-cherry-mu-first-part-mu-second-part-1983-japanese-seven-seas-k18p-6236-7-gatefold-2lp","title":"Don Cherry - \"Mu\" First Part \/ \"Mu\" Second Part (1983 Japanese Seven Seas Gatefold 2LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX \/ EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Cherry - \u003cem\u003e\"Mu\" First Part \/ \"Mu\" Second Part\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl 2LP - 1983 Japanese Seven Seas Gatefold Reissue (K18P 6236\/7, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Cherry and Ed Blackwell had played together since the Ornette Coleman quartet, and you can hear that shared history in every minute of these recordings. The August 1969 session at Studio Saravah is a duo conversation, no rhythm section, no chord instruments, just Cherry working between pocket trumpet, piano, Indian and bamboo flutes, voice, bells and small percussion, with Blackwell holding the centre on drums and rhythmic instruments of his own. Cherry's playing here is the bridge between his Ornette years and the world music he would pursue for the rest of his life. \"Brilliant Action\" opens with the pocket trumpet alone, screaming and then settling. \"Sun Of The East\" turns toward Indian melodic shapes. \"Bamboo Night\" is what the title suggests. The session is improvised throughout, including the structure: the order of pieces, the duration, the form, all decided in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBYG Records issued the recording as two separate LPs, Actuel #01 in 1969 and Actuel #31 in 1970, two cornerstones of the label's free jazz catalogue. The UK label Affinity later licensed both albums, and in 1983 King Records of Japan pressed this two-LP set under their Seven Seas imprint. The set is housed in a gatefold sleeve and includes a Japanese liner notes insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Seas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515838365755,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6946.jpg?v=1778838093"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/don-cherry.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}