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Symphony for Improvisers

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Released
  
1966

Artist
  
Don Cherry

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genres
  
Jazz, Free jazz

Length
  
39:00

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
September 19, 1966Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Symphony for Improvisors(1966)
  
Where is Brooklyn?(1967)

Similar
  
Don Cherry albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums

Symphony for Improvisers is an album by Don Cherry featuring Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes, Ed Blackwell, Karl Berger, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states "Even though the album is full of passionate fireworks, there's also a great deal of subtlety — the flavors added to the ensemble by Berger's vibes and Sanders' piccolo, for example, or the way other instrumental voices often support and complement a solo statement. Feverish but well-channeled, this larger-group session is probably Cherry's most gratifying for Blue Note".

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry
  1. "Symphony for Improvisers: Symphony for Improvisers/Nu Creative Love/What's Not Serious?/Infant Happiness" - 19:43
  2. "Manhattan Cry: Manhattan Cry/Lunatic/Sparkle Plenty/Om Nu" - 19:17

Personnel

  • Don Cherry: cornet
  • Gato Barbieri: tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone, piccolo
  • Karl Berger: vibes, piano
  • Henry Grimes: bass
  • Jean-François Jenny-Clark: bass
  • Ed Blackwell: drums

    • Songs

    1Symphony For Improvisers
    2Nu Creative Love
    3What's Not Serious

    References

    Symphony for Improvisers Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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