Latest Release
- 20 JUNE 2023
- 4 Songs
- The Avant-Garde · 1967
- Ornette Coleman: Free · 1959
- Ornette Coleman: Free · 1960
- There Goes My Everything · 1967
- Ornette Coleman: Free · 1959
- The Ballad of the Fallen · 1982
- The Just Don Cherry · 1971
- Soul Jazz Records Presents Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power - Underground Jazz, Street Funk & the Roots of Rap 1968-79 · 1978
- There Goes My Everything · 1967
- Don Cherry · 1975
Essential Albums
- 2023
- 2014
- 2011
- 2008
Artist Playlists
- Sample the sweep of the trumpeter's career, including cuts with Coleman and Coltrane.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
- 2017
- 2008
- 1993
Appears On
- Mandingo Griot Society
- Steve Lacy
- Steve Lacy
About Don Cherry
Don Cherry is perhaps the most important avant-garde trumpeter in jazz history. His career took off when he joined up with saxophonist Ornette Colemen in the late 1950s. Coleman's album THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME, on which Cherry is prominently featured, essentially invented the concept of free improvisation in jazz. Cherry would play with Coleman for many years, but also collaborated with avant-garde icons such as John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp and Steve Lacey, to name but a few. Cherry was one of jazz's most eclectic stylists and embraced a host of musical concepts from around the globe, while also guesting on albums for the likes of Lou Reed. A visionary personality with remarkable passion and heart, Don Cherry passed away in 1995. His step-daughter Neneh and son Eagle-eyed have both had successful musical careers as well.
- HOMETOWN
- Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- BORN
- 18 November 1936
- GENRE
- Jazz