Don Cherry - The Summer House SessionsVinyl LP pressing. In 1968, Don Cherry had already established himself as one of the leading voices of the avant garde. Having pioneered free jazz as a member of Ornette Coleman's classic quartet, and with a high profile collaboration with John Coltrane under his belt, the globetrotting jazz trumpeter settled in Sweden with his partner Moki and her daughter Neneh. There, he assembled a group of Swedish musicians and led a series of weekly workshops at

he thought he knew what he was getting into

They are variations and song arrangements that demonstrate the high standard of solo and ornamental art of the time

The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War

As passionate advocates for Eugène Ysaÿe

In 2019 he dedicated an entire eponymous album to Piazzolla

Latin jazz by originators of current jazz-dance boom

in the seven years prior to that group's first formal recordings under that name in 1952

transcribing and recording hundreds of folk tunes and songs

and for whom

Includes a 32-page hardbound book with lyrics and photos

we wanted to explore less well-known territories

Pet Cancer was recorded in New York City