Along with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry released such classic albums as Something Else!!!!, Change Of The Century and Free Jazz…
Gearbox Records have announced a 12″ of previously-unreleased material from renowned trumpeter Don Cherry for Record Store Day 2020. The new release, Cherry Jam, features rare pre-recordings from a performance on Danish national radio in 1965 – the same year he recorded his landmark album Complete Communion.
The 4-track EP features 3 new orignial compositions of Cherry’s, as well as a classic standard. The line-up consists of Cherry on cornet, Mogens Bollerup on tenor saxophone, Atli Bjørn on piano, Benny Nielsen on double bass, and Simon Koppel on drums.