Eternal Rhythm

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Released 1969 Length 41:32 Release date 1969 Label MPS Records		Recorded November 11 & 12, 1968 Artist Don Cherry Producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Songs Eternal Rhythm, Part I, Eternal Rhythm, Part II Genres Avant-garde jazz, Jazz fusion Similar Don Cherry albums, Avant-garde jazz albums, Other albums

Don cherry eternal rhythm part 1

Eternal Rhythm is a live jazz album composed by Don Cherry. It was recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 5 stars stating "Eternal Rhythm is Don Cherry's masterwork and one of the single finest recordings from the jazz avant-garde of the 1960s. It is required listening".

Track listing

1. "Eternal Rhythm Part I" - 17:49 (Cherry)

a. Baby's Breath

b. "Sonny Sharock"

c. Turkish Prayer

d. Crystal Clear (exposition)

e. Endless Beginnings

f. Baby's Breath (unaccompanied)

2. "Eternal Rhythm Part II" - 23:40 (Cherry)

a. Autumn Melody

b. Lanoo

c. Crystal Clear (Development)

d. Screaming J

e. Always Beginnings

Personnel

Don Cherry - cornet, gender and saron (gamelan), Bengali, flute in A, bamboo flute in C, metal flute in B flat, plastic flute in C, Haitian Guard, Northern Bells, voice

Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone

Eje Thelin - trombone

Bernt Rosengren - tenor saxophone, oboe, clarinet, flute

Sonny Sharrock - guitar

Karl Berger - vibraphone, piano, gender (gamelan)

Joachim Kühn - piano, prepared piano

Arild Andersen - bass

Jacques Thollot - drums, saron (gamelan), gong, bells, voice

Cover and layout: Heinz Bähr