thanks for sharing, got to study with Don Cherry back in 1978, Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY. when Cherry would teach us his melodies, we had to be fast to hear and pick up or get left behind musically. sure had a unique composing/cornet/pocket trumpet concept, free spirit kinda' cat...
Cherry's first three albums for Blue Note are absolute masterpieces - if you are a fan of Jazz, you need to have them: Complete Communion, Where Is Brooklyn?, and Symphony For Improvisors ...... they will spoil you, though - his solo music after that never rose to that level, even if parts of Relativity Suite are quite well done.
Come to think of it, the whole idea of the harmony of a composition becoming the melody, and the melody suggesting the harmony is what Bop was all about.
saw Trilok Gurtu 3-4 years ago in london & he made a point of praising Don Cherry & here he is praising Ornette Coleman; its a pity more people aren't aware of these guys who just play music of the world
Don Cherry is probably the most overrated trumpet player of all time. The reason why they call it "Free Jazz" is because that is what is worth. Nothing!
I agree that much of what's called Free Jazz is more or less unlistenable. And I don't care for it being packaged with various eggheaded systems of theory that supposedly explain it all. Bop is cerebral enough, often detrimentally so. And it "killed business" the way Pops said it would. Many examples of this music lack the most basic elements of jazz we might demand from musics we wouldn't be caught dead apologizing for, the way we do for this free jazz. And often the only similarity it shares with traditional forms of jazz is instrumentation.
I would have to disagree with you as well. Obviously your not a musician who has the ability to recognize greatness when he sees it. And if you are a musician from the ignorance of your response shows me your mediocre talent is stuck between the pages of a book somewhere way up high on a Dusty shelf. Ok Lance, Thank you!
If you don't like it, don't listen. Your problem is solved! However, among musicians Don Cherry's influence and importance is acknowledged and appreciated more and more as the years go by.
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He did a better job explaining what Harmolodics is about than anything I've heard or read by Ornette himself.
thanks for sharing, got to study with Don Cherry back in 1978, Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY. when Cherry would teach us his melodies, we had to be fast to hear and pick up or get left behind musically. sure had a unique composing/cornet/pocket trumpet concept, free spirit kinda' cat...
Woooow beautiful!!!!
Can't have been from 1963 if Don is referencing "Skies of America". Still a great excerpt though
This Don Cherry interview is gold. There's so much we can learn from him..
I knooooow... beautiful stuff!!
Cherry's first three albums for Blue Note are absolute masterpieces - if you are a fan of Jazz, you need to have them: Complete Communion, Where Is Brooklyn?, and Symphony For Improvisors ...... they will spoil you, though - his solo music after that never rose to that level, even if parts of Relativity Suite are quite well done.
this interview is likely from sometime after 1972, given that he discusses skies of America which was not recorded/released until that year
Fabulous
Awesome content, keep it up, thanks!
Txxxxxx...
Come to think of it, the whole idea of the harmony of a composition becoming the melody, and the melody suggesting the harmony is what Bop was all about.
Yeah true...
saw Trilok Gurtu 3-4 years ago in london & he made a point of praising Don Cherry & here he is praising Ornette Coleman; its a pity more people aren't aware of these guys who just play music of the world
Yesssss - Don and Ornette - the greats of jazz!!
Does anyone have any info on the origins of this interview? Who conducted it etc...
Thanks!
Don Cherry is probably the most overrated trumpet player of all time.
The reason why they call it "Free Jazz" is because that is what is worth. Nothing!
Woooow... completely disagree, Lance... but of course, it is your opinion...
I agree that much of what's called Free Jazz is more or less unlistenable. And I don't care for it being packaged with various eggheaded systems of theory that supposedly explain it all. Bop is cerebral enough, often detrimentally so. And it "killed business" the way Pops said it would. Many examples of this music lack the most basic elements of jazz we might demand from musics we wouldn't be caught dead apologizing for, the way we do for this free jazz. And often the only similarity it shares with traditional forms of jazz is instrumentation.
I would have to disagree with you as well. Obviously your not a musician who has the ability to recognize greatness when he sees it. And if you are a musician from the ignorance of your response shows me your mediocre talent is stuck between the pages of a book somewhere way up high on a Dusty shelf.
Ok Lance, Thank you!
If you don't like it, don't listen. Your problem is solved! However, among musicians Don Cherry's influence and importance is acknowledged and appreciated more and more as the years go by.
@@TomDjll Like Miles Davis said..."People like $hit"
Thats great..