Symphony for Improvisers

Symphony for Improvisers

by Don Cherry
Symphony for Improvisers

Symphony for Improvisers

by Don Cherry

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Spanish Import)

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Overview

For his second album, Symphony for Improvisers, Don Cherry expanded his Complete Communion quartet -- tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri, bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Ed Blackwell -- to a septet, adding vibraphonist Karl Berger, bassist Jean Francois Jenny-Clark, and tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders (who frequently plays piccolo here). The lineup has a real international flavor, since Barbieri was from Argentina, Berger from Germany, and Jenny-Clark from France; Cherry had gigged regularly with all three during his 1964-1965 sojourn in Europe, and brought them to New York to record. With all the added firepower, it's remarkable that Symphony for Improvisers has the same sense of shared space and controlled intelligence as its predecessor, even when things are at their most heated. Once again, Cherry sets up the album as two continuous medleys that fuse four compositions apiece, which allows the group's improvisational energy and momentum to carry straight through the entire program. The "Symphony for Improvisers" suite is the most raucous part of Cherry's Blue Note repertoire, and the "Manhattan Cry" suite pulls off the widest mood shifts Cherry had yet attempted in that format. 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. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date: 01/24/2025
Label: Elemental
UPC: 0600753997925

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Don Cherry   Primary Artist,Cornet,Trumpet
Ed Blackwell   Guest Artist,Drums
Henry Grimes   Guest Artist,Bass
Pharoah Sanders   Guest Artist,Piccolo,Sax (Tenor)
Gato Barbieri   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Karl Berger   Piano,Vibraphone
Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark   Bass
Henry Grims   Bass

Technical Credits

Alfred Lion   Audio Production,Producer
Rudy Van Gelder   Audio Engineer,Remastering,Engineer
Michael Cuscuna   Reissue Producer
A.B. Spellman   Original Liner Notes
Don Cherry   Composer
Micaela Boland   Design,Art Direction
Reid Miles   Cover Design
Francis Wolff   Photography,Cover Photo
Gordon H. Jee   Creative Director
Bob Blumenthal   Liner Notes
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