Niesamowita sesja legendarnego Dona Cherry z indyjskim perkusjonistą Latifem Khanem zarejestrowana w 1978 roku w Paryżu przez samego Martina Meissonniera, producenta płyt muzyków tej miary co Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Khaled, Seun kuti . . .
Płyta ta w formie winyla wydana została TYLKO JEDEN RAZ, w 1981 roku, jej nakład to 1 tyś. egzemplarzy. Od tego czasu dla fanów Cherry'ego pozostawała niedostępna.
This album was recorded in 1978 in Paris and released only in France in 1981.
That was the first meeting between Don Cherry and Indian percussionist Latif Khan and the result is an incredible mixture of jazz and Indian music. This unsung album is only known by hardcore fans of Don cherry who considered it as one of his best efforts.
Don Cherry, armed with a voracious musical appetite and boundless imagination, first made a name for himself — though not always fully understood — alongside Ornette Coleman, playing trumpet or cornet. In Los Angeles and then New York, he stood at the heart of a revolutionary approach to improvisation based on melody rather than harmony, later baptized "Free Jazz," the final structural development of American jazz. Over time, he became a champion of improbable fusions — gradually integrating into his style a whole array of “exotic” instruments, and more importantly, the cultures from which they originated. Among them: India, Brazil, Africa, Indonesia, and even China.
The time had come for the emergence of “world music”: in hindsight, a patchwork rich in imagination and seduction, but once the novelty wore off, often lacking in substance. In Don Cherry’s case, however, the commitment ran deep — tied to his personal engagement with a global vision of art and the human condition. Nothing anecdotal. One might speculate on how his family background shaped this extraordinary openness of spirit. But the talent? That wa....... więcej