Temporary Super Offer! Don Cherry cornet, Gato Barbieri tenors saxophone, Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone & piccolo, Karl Berger vibes & piano, Henry Grimes & J.-F. Jenny-Clark double bass, Edward Blackwell drums. Following a 1964 Albert Ayler tour, trumpeter Don Cherry remained in Europe, working on new concepts of improvising based on form itself, developing his concepts with saxophonist Gato Barbieri, vibraphonist Karl Berger & bassist J.F. Jenny Clark, composing two brilliant albums: 1966's Communion with Barbieri, Henry Grimes & Ed Blackwell; and in 1967 Symphony for Improvisers as a septet.
“The 1960s were a decade of diversity and discovery for Don Cherry. They began with him an important part of Ornette Coleman’s pathbreaking quartet, and ended as he ventured deeply into the process of. defining his distinctive approach to a world music. But the first six years plot a course of exploration. and revelationthat led to the crystallization of these two masterpieces, Complete Communion and. Symphony for Improvisers“. – Art Lange
