Don Cherry: The Summer House Sessions Format:Digital

Don Cherry: The Summer House Sessions Format:DigitalIn 1968, Don Cherry had already established himself as one of the leading voices of the avant garde. Having pioneered free jazz as a member of Ornette Colemans classic quartet, and with a high profile collaboration with John Coltrane under his belt, the globetrotting jazz trumpeter settled in Sweden with his partner Moki and her daughter Neneh. There, he assembled a group of Swedish musicians and led a series of weekly workshops at the ABF, or Workers

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Petra was originally commissioned for the ISCM World Music Days in Switzerland

the organic unfolding of this quivering drone belies a precision that opens onto the infinitesimal

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this timbral meeting of bodily utterances with consummate musicianship imbues Hamann’s humming work with a breakable