Symphony for Improvisers

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Expanding on the suite-like concepts of his previous work, Don Cherry creates a pivotal masterpiece of the international avant-garde. The two side-long suites weave together themes influenced by music from Africa, India, and South America, seamlessly blending them with free improvisation. Featuring a twin-tenor frontline of Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri, the album is a key document in the birth of 'world jazz,' consciously moving beyond American forms to create a unified symphony of global sounds.