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don cherry/RELATIVITY SUITE

 *JCOA LP 1006
 

Don Cherry: conductor, trumpet, conch, vocal, percussion; Charles Brackeen: soprano sax, alto sax, vocal; Carlos Ward: alto sax, vocal; Frank Lowe: tenor sax, vocal; Dewey Redman: tenor sax, vocal; Sharon Freeman: French horn; Brian Trentham: trombone; Jack Jeffers: tuba; Leroy Jenkins: violin; Joan Kalisch: viola; Nan Newton: viola; Pat Dixon: cello; Jane Robertson: cello; Charlie Haden: bass; Carla Bley: piano; Ed Blackwell: drums; Paul Motian: drums; Moki Cherry: tamboura on 5; Selene Fung: ching on 4.

tracks

1. Tantra - 8:00
    soloist: Frank Lowe, tenor saxophone
2. Mali Doussn'gouni - 5:40
    soloist: Don Cherry, voice, trumpet
3. Desireless - 1:22
    soloist: Carlos Ward, alto saxophone
4. The Queen of Tung-Ting Lake - 4:30
    soloists: Selene Fung, ching; Don Cherry, trumpet
5. Trans-Love Airways - 6:50
    soloists: Don Cherry, voice; Charlie Haden, bass
6. Infinite Gentleness - 3:22
    soloist: Carla Bley, piano
7. March of the Hobbits - 3:38
    soloist: Ed Blackwell, drums

All music composed by Don Cherry.
Produced by Don Cherry and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Relativity Suite was commissioned from Don Cherry by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra in 1970
Recorded on February 14, 1973, Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Engineer: Eddie Korvin
Cover: Quilt design and handmade by Moki Cherry, photographed by Gregory Reeves
Photograph of Don Cherry and his son Eagle Eye by Jonathan Sa'ada.