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don cherry/BLUE LAKE

*Byg YX 4022/23 (J). (2-LP)
*FT 826
 

Don Cherry: trumpet, piano, flute, vocals; Johnny Dyani: bass; Okay Tamiz: Drums.

tracks

1. Blue Lake - (D. Cherry) - 4:55
2. Dollar and Okay's (Part 1) - (D.Brand/O.Tamiz) - 17:05
    Dollar and Okay's (Part 2) - (D.Brand/O.Tamiz) - 15:14
3. East (Part 1) - (D.Cherry) - 13:10
    East (Part 2) - (D.Cherry) - 13:42

Recorded Paris, France, April 22, 1971.
Quite a rare set from Don Cherry, issued in the early 70s in Japan only, in a trio with Johnny Dyani and Okay Temiz, with whom he'd recorded the great Orient set. The set opens with Cherry on wood flute, in one of his contemplative modes, while the latter half is two longer pieces, each making up two sides of an LP, "Dollar And Okay's Tune" and "East". "Dollar And Okay's Tune" starts with Cherry on piano, playing a rolling South African tinged groove, and then he moves back and forth between his pocket trumpet and piano. "East" is a Cherry piece, and though Temiz bubbles along nicely underneath, there's a lot of space and freedom. The playing is free and spirited throughout with Cherry's globally informed lines weaving in and out of more textural passages.