Multikulti

by Don Cherry

Multikulti cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 September 1990
  • Label: A&M Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:54
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

True to its title, 'Multikulti' celebrates a boundless fusion of global indigenous traditions and free jazz improvisation. The legendary pocket trumpeter joyfully integrates African percussion, reggae grooves, and playful vocal chants into a warm, deeply spiritual musical mosaic.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, experimental, fusion, diverse, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Trumpet (0:50)
  2. Multikulti Soothsayer (5:30)
  3. Flute (1:14)
  4. Birdboy (4:45)
  5. Melodica (1:28)
  6. Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo (4:27)
  7. Pettiford Bridge (4:47)
  8. Piano / Trumpet (2:27)
  9. Until The Rain Comes (12:21)
  10. Divinity Tree (5:18)
  11. Rhumba Multikulti (4:14)
  12. Multikulti Soothsayer Player (4:27)

Credits

  • Don Cherry - primary artist, written-by, trumpet [pocket], instruments [doussn'gouni], voice, trumpet [pocket], flute [norwegian birchwood], trumpet [pocket], instruments [pods], melodica, trumpet [pocket], voice, piano, trumpet [pocket], trumpet [pocket], handclaps, chorus
  • A Watts Prophet - voice
  • Anthony Hamilton - voice
  • Mark London Sims - bass
  • Carlos Ward - alto saxophone, written-by
  • Ed Blackwell - drums
  • Karl Berger - marimba, chorus
  • Nan谩 Vasconcelos - percussion

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