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Terry Riley, Don Cherry - Live Koln (n-a, 1975)
The recovery of a legendary live session featuring minimalist composer Terry Riley and cosmic trumpeter USA Don Cherry in Cologne, West Germany on February 23, 1975, which was hardly ever officially released until recent years. It’s worth noting that last year (editor’s note: 2017) another version was released with a single track from this session combined with a live performance by Terry Riley recorded in Godorf on February 22, 1975. Here, the duo is joined by Karl Berger, playing the vibraphone. The tracks that make up the recording are three: "Descending Moonshine Dervishes," "Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector," and "Improvisation." The sound of the compositions is mostly shaped by Riley's minimalism, although he adjusts his compositional model to Don Cherry's presence, producing what can be described as a swirling sound tapestry on which Berger's vibraphone weaves and Don Cherry's trumpet dominates, suggesting nocturnal spiritual jazz: the tempo of the compositions is constant, akin to immersing oneself in a meditative dimension until reaching a higher level of awareness. There’s greater room for sudden accelerations in the swirling sound constructions in the third fully improvised track, where moments of quiet are interrupted by cosmic sublimations and ecstatic vibrations. A historic moment for the collaboration between two giants in music history and for the outstanding quality of the sounds (even though the recordings were not considered high quality at the time, due to Don Cherry's trumpet sounding overly distorted… a comment that frankly means nothing to me, as everything sounds so splendid, or maybe I just don’t understand much; evidently, he must have played everything much more brilliantly live).
#doncherry #terryriley #minimalism
Terry Riley / Don Cherry – Köln – February 23, 1975 [Full Album]
Terry Riley, Don Cherry - Live Koln (n-a, 1975)
The recovery of a legendary live session featuring minimalist composer Terry Riley and cosmic trumpeter USA Don Cherry in Cologne, West Germany on February 23, 1975, which was hardly ever officially released until recent years. It’s worth noting that last year (editor’s note: 2017) another version was released with a single track from this session combined with a live performance by Terry Riley recorded in Godorf on February 22, 1975. Here, the duo is joined by Karl Berger, playing the vibraphone. The tracks that make up the recording are three: "Descending Moonshine Dervishes," "Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector," and "Improvisation." The sound of the compositions is mostly shaped by Riley's minimalism, although he adjusts his compositional model to Don Cherry's presence, producing what can be described as a swirling sound tapestry on which Berger's vibraphone weaves and Don Cherry's trumpet dominates, suggesting nocturnal spiritual jazz: the tempo of the compositions is constant, akin to immersing oneself in a meditative dimension until reaching a higher level of awareness. There’s greater room for sudden accelerations in the swirling sound constructions in the third fully improvised track, where moments of quiet are interrupted by cosmic sublimations and ecstatic vibrations. A historic moment for the collaboration between two giants in music history and for the outstanding quality of the sounds (even though the recordings were not considered high quality at the time, due to Don Cherry's trumpet sounding overly distorted… a comment that frankly means nothing to me, as everything sounds so splendid, or maybe I just don’t understand much; evidently, he must have played everything much more brilliantly live).
#doncherry #terryriley #minimalism
Terry Riley / Don Cherry – Köln – February 23, 1975 [Full Album]
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18 jan 18
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