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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Från Tågarp till New York
Forty-eight years ago today, the film Det är inte min musik (It's not my music) was shown for the first time on Swedish television. It is a wonderful film made by the filmmaker Urban Lasson. Through a geographical lens, he captures Don Cherry both in the old schoolhouse
Cecil Taylor with Albert Ayler - The recording that never happened
This time we’re venturing a little beyond Don Cherry. It’s about a Danish radio recording with Cecil Taylor and Albert Ayler that never came to fruition. It was the day when everything went wrong, as radio producer and tennis player Torben Ulrich once told me. Welcome as a paid-member to read.
Togetherness One on an 8-inch
In 1965, Don Cherry recorded Togetherness in Paris. Two sessions were held, and the album was released by the Italian label Durium the following year. With the help of a found 8-inch vinyl (!), I’ll attempt in this post to unravel some of the mystery that has always surrounded this
1976 – time for a new transformation
At the later part of 1976. That's where I've been lately. My mind has travelled to Italy, New York City, to Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and California. Just to follow the magic whereabouts of Don Cherry, trying to write his story. Quite fascinating that you