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Although it is not mentioned anywhere on the outside of this CD, this session is very much a reunion. Trumpeter Don Cherry is reunited with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins from the early Ornette Coleman Quartet and, most importantly, tenor saxophonist James Clay. Clay, who after playing with Cherry in Los Angeles in the 1950s and doing a few recordings moved back to Texas, had been in obscurity for decades. Fortunately, his playing is quite strong on what turns out to be a surprising bop-oriented session. Comprised of superior standards, a few group originals and three Ornette Coleman tunes (including the classic "The Blessing"), this set is quite accessible and finds all of the musicians in top form.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Ornette Coleman, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Denzil Best, ComposerLyricist - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Ornette Coleman, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - John Snyder, Producer - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Snyder, Producer - Ornette Coleman, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Haden, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Don Cherry, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Clay, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Ralbovsky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Although it is not mentioned anywhere on the outside of this CD, this session is very much a reunion. Trumpeter Don Cherry is reunited with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins from the early Ornette Coleman Quartet and, most importantly, tenor saxophonist James Clay. Clay, who after playing with Cherry in Los Angeles in the 1950s and doing a few recordings moved back to Texas, had been in obscurity for decades. Fortunately, his playing is quite strong on what turns out to be a surprising bop-oriented session. Comprised of superior standards, a few group originals and three Ornette Coleman tunes (including the classic "The Blessing"), this set is quite accessible and finds all of the musicians in top form.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:40
- Main artists: Don Cherry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Jazz
© 1989 A&M Records ℗ 1989 A&M Records
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