Interview with Jon Appleton
The newsletter this time – for paid members only – contains a lengthy interview (in English) with Jon Appleton who brought Don Cherry to teach at Dartmouth College in 1970 and took part on the album Human Music.
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I have a publisher!
A week ago I signed a contract with Swedish Modernista to publish the Don cherry biography. I'm so happy! Finally it will be finished, hopefully by the end of this year. And – hopefully again – it will be out some time during 2027. Since the last newsletter I'
Cherry and Bley's Escalator
Recently Steve Gebharts film Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill was to be seen on Youtube. It's a brilliant film with a lot of extraordinary footage from the recording of Carla Bley's beloved Escalator Over the Hill. To Carla Bley it was an obvious
See you in a minute!
The Don Cherry Book Project is a mailing list and website regarding my work with writing an extended biography of Don Cherry. Here you will be able to read bits of unique chapters from the coming book, extracts from about 200 interviews I have made with fellow musicians, friends, writers,