Dona Nostra

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Critics have bemoaned Don Cherry's utterly unique approach to the trumpet/pocket trumpet/cornet since his arrival on the scene as part of Ornette Coleman's quartets of the late 1950s. And with his late-career foray into a relatively straight-ahead jazz quintet date on Dona Nostra, Cherry still elicited questioning about his chops. Critics wondered whether Cherry had lost his lip, prodding him with the same questions critics had fired off decades earlier. Of course Cherry hadn't lost his touch; he'd only heightened his interrogation of virtuosity, opting for singularity of phrasing over obvious flash. With pianist Bobo Stenson in this group, there is a harmonic daring that's fascinating to hear around Cherry. The tunes are austere in spots, as the ECM Records production credo would suggest--if not mandate. But they're also lyrical, sparkling in their clarity and cooled-down energy. It's Cherry unmistakably, being an irreplaceable genius. --Andrew Bartlett

Dona Nostra, Music, Don Cherry, Avant-Garde, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz, Pop
Le Moyen Age Catalan de l'art Romain a la Renaissance
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    		Le Moyen Age Catalan de l'art Romain a la Renaissance
    Antonia Jorda , Joaquim Proubasta , Xavier Torra , and Ars Musicae Ensemble - Barcelona
    Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    MassesMasses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000027NWP
    Release Date: 1992-02-12

    Tracks:

    1. Temps Pasqual (Cedit Frigus)
    2. Quant Ay Lo Non Consirat
    3. Trope Crimina Tollis
    4. Agnus Dei
    5. Goigs De Nostra Dona
    6. Imperayritz De La Ciutat Joiosa
    7. Ball Rodo Cuncti Simus
    8. Can De La Sibilla
    9. Baixa Dansa Barcelona
    10. Si Em Llevi UnBon Mati
    11. Pavana III
    12. Soleta So Jo Aci
    13. Fant
    14. N'Eulalia Vol Gonella
    15. La Guerra
    16. Llir Entre Cards
    17. No Hi Ha Bens No Hi Ha Fortuna
    Dona Nostra
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Don Cherry + Bobo Stenson = WorldbeatEuroJazz
    		 Dona Nostra
    Don Cherry
    Manufacturer: Ecm Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Avant Garde & Free JazzAvant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    ECM ClassicalECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    ECM Jazz & WorldECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B0000031WL
    Release Date: 1994-06-14

    Tracks:

    1. In Memoriam
    2. Fort Cherry
    3. Arrows
    4. M'Bizo
    5. Race Face
    6. Prayer
    7. What Reason Could I Give
    8. Vienna
    9. Ahayu-Da

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    Critics have bemoaned Don Cherry's utterly unique approach to the trumpet/pocket trumpet/cornet since his arrival on the scene as part of Ornette Coleman's quartets of the late 1950s. And with his late-career foray into a relatively straight-ahead jazz quintet date on Dona Nostra, Cherry still elicited questioning about his chops. Critics wondered whether Cherry had lost his lip, prodding him with the same questions critics had fired off decades earlier. Of course Cherry hadn't lost his touch; he'd only heightened his interrogation of virtuosity, opting for singularity of phrasing over obvious flash. With pianist Bobo Stenson in this group, there is a harmonic daring that's fascinating to hear around Cherry. The tunes are austere in spots, as the ECM Records production credo would suggest--if not mandate. But they're also lyrical, sparkling in their clarity and cooled-down energy. It's Cherry unmistakably, being an irreplaceable genius. --Andrew Bartlett

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Don Cherry + Bobo Stenson = WorldbeatEuroJazz.......2003-06-26

    Very much an ECM recording - austere and stark and rarely swinging. Jazz legend Don Cherry works with a quintet of European musicians; Cherry gets top billing but he's the guest sitting in as opposed to leading. The first three and a half minutes of "Fort Cherry" consist of Don Cherry playing trumpet in a trio with drummer Anders Kjellberg and percussionist Okay Temiz. Anders Jormin contributes some scraping and other percussive sounds on the bass before pianist Bobo Stenson joins with some abstract chording. Saxophonist Lennart Åberg and Cherry trade the languid theme back and forth before the piece ends - they have sort of a Euro-World-Jazz thing going. The following track "Arrows", one of several tracks that is credited to all members, sounds more like an improvisation than a composition - like a Jackson Pollock painting where all the random bits and pieces come together to create the whole. All of the tracks save one have the same slow tempo and almost sound like a suite rather than different songs. The one track that stands out is Ornette Coleman's "Race Face", a grooving hardbop-style tune that gives Åberg and Kjellberg a chance to cut loose (Kjellberg is scorching). Outside of the Ornette tune there's not much to offer the diehard jazz fan. But for fans of abstract-improvisational-worldbeat-Eurojazz "Dona Nostra" is a rewarding recording. In fact, if you ever wondered what the Bley/Surman/Peacock/Oxley ECM recording "In the Evenings Out There" would sound like with a trumpet added - and who hasn't - this is it.
    Dona Nostra
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Don Cherry + Bobo Stenson = WorldbeatEuroJazz
    		 Dona Nostra
    Don Cherry
    Manufacturer: Ecm Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Avant Garde & Free JazzAvant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    ECM ClassicalECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    ECM Jazz & WorldECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000024CLT
    Release Date: 2001-05-08

    Tracks:

    1. In Memoriam
    2. Fort Cherry
    3. Arrows
    4. M'Bizo
    5. Race Face
    6. Prayer
    7. What Reason Could I Give
    8. Vienna
    9. Ahayu-Da

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Don Cherry + Bobo Stenson = WorldbeatEuroJazz.......2003-06-26

    Very much an ECM recording - austere and stark and rarely swinging. Jazz legend Don Cherry works with a quintet of European musicians; Cherry gets top billing but he's the guest sitting in as opposed to leading. The first three and a half minutes of "Fort Cherry" consist of Don Cherry playing trumpet in a trio with drummer Anders Kjellberg and percussionist Okay Temiz. Anders Jormin contributes some scraping and other percussive sounds on the bass before pianist Bobo Stenson joins with some abstract chording. Saxophonist Lennart Åberg and Cherry trade the languid theme back and forth before the piece ends - they have sort of a Euro-World-Jazz thing going. The following track "Arrows", one of several tracks that is credited to all members, sounds more like an improvisation than a composition - like a Jackson Pollock painting where all the random bits and pieces come together to create the whole. All of the tracks save one have the same slow tempo and almost sound like a suite rather than different songs. The one track that stands out is Ornette Coleman's "Race Face", a grooving hardbop-style tune that gives Åberg and Kjellberg a chance to cut loose (Kjellberg is scorching). Outside of the Ornette tune there's not much to offer the diehard jazz fan. But for fans of abstract-improvisational-worldbeat-Eurojazz "Dona Nostra" is a rewarding recording. In fact, if you ever wondered what the Bley/Surman/Peacock/Oxley ECM recording "In the Evenings Out There" would sound like with a trumpet added - and who hasn't - this is it.
    L'Europe musicale au Moyen Age
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      		L'Europe musicale au Moyen Age

      Manufacturer: Musique D'abord
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MassesMasses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      NoelsNoels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
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      General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
      ASIN: B0000007LM
      Release Date: 1997-11-11

      Music:

      1. Downtown/I Know a Place
      2. Early New Orleans Minstrel Days
      3. El Corazón
      4. Flight
      5. Food on the Table
      6. From the Heart
      7. Heart Like A Song
      8. Her Greatest Hits
      9. Here's to Life
      10. How Glory Goes

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