Art Deco
by Don Cherry
- Type: Album
- Released: 1989
- Label: A&M
- Country: United States
- Length: 55:47
- Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Reuniting the legendary free jazz trumpeter with Ornette Coleman alumni Charlie Haden and James Clay, 'Art Deco' is a surprisingly accessible, gorgeously melodic late-career highlight. The acoustic quartet plays without a piano, providing vast, empty spaces for Cherry鈥檚 remarkably lyrical, muted pocket trumpet improvisations. The album brilliantly bridges complex avant-garde techniques with warm, nostalgic bop traditions.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental, acoustic, medley
Tracklist
- Art Deco (8:38)
- When Will The Blues Leave (7:08)
- Body And Soul (6:29)
- Bemsha Swing (9:39)
- Maffy (0:39)
- Folk Medley (2:42)
- The Blessing (5:32)
- Passing (3:00)
- I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face (6:50)
- Compute (5:05)
Credits
- Don Cherry - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
- Charlie Haden - bass, written-by
- Billy Higgins - drums, written-by
- James Clay - tenor saxophone
- Ornette Coleman - written-by
- Johnny Green - written-by
- Denzil Best - written-by
- Thelonious Monk - written-by