n June 2020, London analogue specialists Gearbox Records
will unearth yet another lost gem having just announced a 12″ of
previously-unreleased material from Don Cherry for Record Store Day
2020.
Founded
in 2009, Gearbox Records is a vinyl led label specialising in
previously unreleased heritage jazz cuts, as well as contemporary
artists from the jazz, folk and electronica genres. Their early archive
jazz releases include artists such as Tubby Hayes, Yusef Lateef, and
Thelonious Monk. Recent output includes legendary South African composer
Abdullah Ibrahim, award-winning London jazz duo Binker and Moses,
inimitable tubist Theon Cross, Indian percussionist and tabla-player
Sarathy Korwar, and American jazz and funk five-piece Butcher Brown. You
can find a feature on Gearbox Records in the Spring 2019 Edition of the
Jazz In Europe Magazine.
The exclusive new release entitled ‘Cherry Jam’ features new unheard
recordings by trumpeter and cornet-player Don Cherry. Taken from a 1965
pre-record for Danish national radio, the 4-track EP features 3 new
original compositions of Cherry’s, as well as a classic standard.
Speaking about the release in the liner notes, the label says,
“Cherry Jam sets the scene in Copenhagen, a city which proved
instrumental in the hosting and development of jazz musicians both local
and American. Cherry had performed and recorded there with Archie Shepp
in 1963, toured with Albert Ayler in the autumn of 1964, and would go
on to have a residency at the hip Cafe Montmartre in 1966.
Our recording is taken from the original tape of a 1965 radio
broadcast, programmed by Denmark’s national radio station (Danmarks
Radio.) It was in this same year that Cherry would record his landmark
Blue Note recording, ‘Complete Communion’, with Leandro ‘Gato’ Barbieri
on tenor saxophone, Henry Grimes on double bass, and Edward Blackwell on
drums, as well as feature on fellow American expatriate George
Russell’s live album ‘George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall’.
This particular line-up, however, consisting of Danish musicians, has
never been heard after its original broadcast date, and neither have
the three original Don Cherry compositions that are featured on the
recording.”
Line-Up:
Don Cherry, cornet | Mogens Bollerup, tenor saxophone | Atli Bjørn, piano |Benny Nielsen, double bass | Simon Koppel, drums.
Tracklist:
A1 The Ambassador from Greenland | A2 You Took Advantage of Me | B1 Priceless | B2 Nigeria
Release Date: June 20, 2020
Format: 12″ Vinyl EP
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