Multikulti (album)
| Multikulti | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 27, 1988 November 7, 8 & 29, 1989 January 20, 1990 February 23, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:44 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | David Cherry & John L. Price | |||
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Multikulti is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry recorded between 1988 and 1990 and released in 1991 on the A&M label.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Select |   [4] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[3] |
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "As a standalone single CD, this recording, done over a three-year period and more than any other from Don Cherry, represents a full spectrum overview of all the phases in his nomadic adult musical life".[2] The Calgary Herald dismissed the album as "another selection of National Geographic sounds."[5]
Writer Michael Stephans commented that "the recording is vintage world music Cherry, and is mostly very enjoyable."[6]
Track listing[edit]
- All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
- "Trumpet" – 0:45
- "Multikulti Soothsayer" – 5:26
- "Flute" – 1:08
- "Birdboy – 4:41
- "Melodica" – 1:26
- "Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo" – 4:23
- "Pettiford Bridge" (Carlos Ward) – 4:44
- "Piano / Trumpet" – 2:25
- "Until The Rain Comes" (Peter Apfelbaum) – 12:17
- "Divinity-Tree" – 5:14
- "Rhumba Multikulti" (Don Cherry, Josh Jones, Robert Huffman) – 4:10
- "Multikulti Soothsayer Player" – 4:27
- Recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California (track 4) on 27 December 1988, at Fantasy Recording Studios in Berkeley, California on 7 November 1989 (tracks 9 & 10) and 8 November 1989 (track 11), at BMG Recording Studios in New York City on 20 November 1989 (tracks 6 & 7) and 20 January 1990 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 & 12), and at Serafine Studios in Santa Monica, California, on 23 February 1990 (track 2)
Personnel[edit]
- Don Cherry — pocket trumpet, doussn'gouni, vocals, flute, melodica, piano
- A Watts Prophet, Anthony Hamilton, Ingrid Sertso – vocals
- Frank Serafine, David Cherry – synthesizer
- John L. Price – drum programming
- Bo Freeman – bass
- Mark London Sims – bass
- Karl Berger – marimba, vocals
- Bob Stewart – tuba
- Carlos Ward – alto saxophone
- Naná Vasconcelos – percussion
- Ed Blackwell, Deszon X. Claiborne – drums
- Peter Apfelbaum – tenor saxophone, cowbell, marimba, organ, synthesizer, bells, gong, palitos, vocals
- Jessica Jones, Tony Jones – tenor saxophone
- Joshua Jones – drums, timbales, cowbell, vocals
- Robert Huffman – congas, bell tree, vocals
- Peck Allmond – baritone saxophone
- Jeff Cressman – trombone, vocals
- Frank Ekeh – shekere, dunun, vocals
- Stan Franks, Will Bernard – guitar
- James Harvey – trombone
- Bill Ortiz – trumpet, vocals
- Allen Ginsberg, Claudia Engelhart, Karen Knight – chorus
References[edit]
- ^ Don Cherry discography Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 9, 2011
- ^ a b Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed December 9, 2011
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (October 1990). "Don Cherry: Multikulti". Select. No. 4. p. 97.
- ^ Brennan, Brian (11 Nov 1990). "Jazz Discs". Calgary Herald. p. G5.
- ^ Stephans, Michael (2017). Experiencing Ornette Coleman: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 122.
