DON CHERRY MULTIKULTI
CD Released: September 17, 1990
Label: Universal/Polygram
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It's obvious right from the title that Multikulti is another of Don Cherry's trademark fusions of jazz and world music, this time around with a heavy African influence. Cherry is joined on several tracks by members of multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble (plus the full band on "Until the Rain Comes" and "Divinity-Tree"), and their shared affinity for African music is what produces most of the album's best moments. The percolating, polyrhythmic grooves of "Dedication to Thomas Mapfumo," "Until the Rain Comes", "Divinity-Tree," and "Rhumba Multikulti" make for an infectious celebration of pan-cultural awareness that fully lives up to the promise of the album's title. Other highlights include the spare bounce of "Birdboy" and the more traditional free bop of "Pettiford Bridge."
Tracklist:
01. Trumpet 0:45
02. Multikulti Soothsayer 5:26
03. Flute 1:08
04. Birdboy 4:37
05. Melodica 1:24
06. Dedication to Thomas Mapfumo 4:20
07. Pettiford Bridge 4:44
08. Piano/Trumpet 2:21
09. Until the Rain Comes 12:17
10. Divinity-Tree 5:14
11. Rhumba Multikulti 4:10
12. Multikulti Soothsayer Player 4:00
Personel:
Track No 1: Recorded in NYC on January 20, 1990
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet.
Track No 2: Recorded in Santa Monica on February 23, 1990
Don Cherry -Doussn' gouni, voice, pocket trumpet.
Track No 3: Recorded in NYC on January 20, 1990
Don Cherry -Norwegian Birchwood flute.
Track No 4: Recorded in Hollywood on December 27, 1988
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet, pods;
John L.Price -drum programming; Mark Loudon Sims -bass; David Cherry -synthesizer;
Track No 5: Recorded in NYC on January 20, 1990
Don Cherry -melodica.
Track No 6: Recorded in NYC on November 20, 1989
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet, voice; Bob Stewart -tuba; Nana Vasconcelos -percussion; Carlos Ward -alto sax; Ed Blackwell -drums; Karl Berger -marimba; Peter Apfelbaum -tenor sax, cowbell, marimba; Ingrid Sertso -voice.
Track No 7: Recorded in NYC on November 20, 1989
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet, voice; Bob Stewart -tuba; Carlos Ward -alto sax; Ed Blackwell -drums;
Track No 8: Recorded in NYC on January 20, 1990
Don Cherry -piano, pocket trumpet.
Tracks No 9 & 10: Recorded in Berkeley, California on November 07, 1989
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet, voice; The Hieroglyphic Ensemble:Peter Apfelbaum -tenor sax ( solo), piano, Korg organ, Roland D-50 synthesizer, bells, gong; Bill Oritz -trumpet, voice; James Harvey -trombone (solo); Jeff Cressman -trombone, voice; Tony Jones -tenor sax; Jessica Jones -tenor sax; Peck Allmond -baritone sax; Will Bernard -guitar; Stan Franks -guitar; Bo Freeman -bass; Joshua Jones V -drums, timbales, cowbell, voice; Deszon X Claiborne -drums; Robert "Buddha" Huffman -congas,bell tree ,voice; Frank Ekeh -shekere, djun-djun, voice; Ingrid Sertso -voice (only on 9).
Track No 11: Recorded in Berkeley, California on November 08, 1989
Don Cherry -pocket trumpet, handclaps; Peter Apfelbaum -tenor sax,, piano, palitos, handclaps; Robert "Buddha" Huffman -gallo (lead vocal), 2nd quinto tumbadora; Joshua Jones V -harmony vocal, 1st quinto segundo, clace, handclaps; Chorus: Don Cherry, Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso Claudia Engelhart, Peter Apfelbaum, Allen Ginsberg, Karen Knight
Track No 12: Recorded in NYC on January 20, 1990
Don Cherry -Doussn` gouni, voice, pocket trumpet.
