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Full Name: Donald Eugene Cherry
Description: Trumpeter, USA
Known For: Don Cherry was closely associated with the Pocket trumpet, a smaller version of the regular trumpet.
Instruments: Trumpet
Music Styles: Jazz
Location: OK, United States of America
Date Born: 18th November 1937
Location Born: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date Died: 19th October 1995
Location Died: Málaga
Cause Of Death: Heroin overdose
Memorial: Died 58 years of age.
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Frankie Lyman
An African-American jazz trumpeter whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and who would go on to live and work with a wide variety of musicians in many parts of the world.
After learning various brass instruments in high school, by the early 1950s he was playing with jazz musicians in Los Angeles, sometimes acting as pianist in Art Farmer’s group.
Cherry became well known in jazz in 1958 when he performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman, first in a quintet with pianist Paul Bley and later piano-less quartet.
His first recording as a leader was Complete Communion for Blue Note Records in 1964.
During the 1980s, he also recorded with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet on In All Languages, as well as recording El Corazon, a duet album with Ed Blackwell.
Cherry incorporated influences of Middle Eastern, traditional African, and Indian music into his playing and from 1978 to 1982
Don Cherry was only 58 when he died in Málaga, Spain in 1995 due to liver failure brought about by hepatitis.
Solo albums include.
The Avant-Garde (1961 – with John Coltrane)
Complete Communion (1965)
Symphony for Improvisers (1966)
Where is Brooklyn? (1966)
Eternal Rhythm (1968), with Sonny Sharrock
Mu (1969) – with Ed Blackwell
Orient (1971) – with Han Bennink
Blue Lake (1971) – with Johnny Dyani and Okay Temiz
Organic Music (1972)
Relativity Suite (1973)
Brown Rice (1975) – with Billy Higgins and Charlie Haden
Hear and Now (1976) – with guitarist Stan Samole.
Codona, Volume 1 (1978)
El Corazon (1982) – with Ed Blackwell
Multikulti (1988)
Art Deco (1988) – with James Clay and Billy Higgins
Dona Nostra (1993)
Live at Bracknell Jazz Festival 1986 (2002)
Solo albums include.
The Avant-Garde (1961 – with John Coltrane)
Complete Communion (1965)
Symphony for Improvisers (1966)
Where is Brooklyn? (1966)
Eternal Rhythm (1968), with Sonny Sharrock
Mu (1969) – with Ed Blackwell
Orient (1971) – with Han Bennink
Blue Lake (1971) – with Johnny Dyani and Okay Temiz
Organic Music (1972)
Relativity Suite (1973)
Brown Rice (1975) – with Billy Higgins and Charlie Haden
Hear and Now (1976) – with guitarist Stan Samole.
Codona, Volume 1 (1978)
El Corazon (1982) – with Ed Blackwell
Multikulti (1988)
Art Deco (1988) – with James Clay and Billy Higgins
Dona Nostra (1993)
Live at Bracknell Jazz Festival 1986 (2002)
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