Artist.......: Don Cherry
Album........: Where Is Brooklyn?
Label........: Blue Note
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-08-2005
str.date.....: Oct-05-2005
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Awake Nu 06:56
02. Taste Maker 06:49
03. The Thing 05:51
04. There Is The Bomb 04:52
05. Unite 17:48
Runtime 42:16 min
Size 63,9 MB
Release Notes:
Where Is Brooklyn was Don Cherry's final album for
Blue Note, and it returned to the quartet format of
Complete Communion, this time featuring Pharoah
Sanders on tenor sax along with bassist Henry
Grimes and drummer Ed Blackwell. Here, Cherry
abandons his concept of recording all the album's
compositions as side-long medleys; rather, each is
treated separately, with spaces in between the
tracks. There wasn't a need to integrate the
compositions by periodically returning to their
themes, so perhaps that's why Cherry doesn't really
focus as much on bringing out his compositions this
time around. Where Is Brooklyn is much more about
energy and thoughtful group interaction than
memorable themes, and so there's just a little
something missing in comparison to Cherry's prior
albums, even though they did also emphasize the
qualities on display here. Nonetheless, it's still
a fine record for what it does concentrate on;
Sanders is in typically passionate form, and the
rest of the ensemble members have already honed
their interplay to a pretty sharp edge. It's worth
hearing, even if it isn't as essential as Complete
Communion or Symphony for Improvisers.