Don Cherry. Member of Archie Shepp Orchestra recording " Four For Trane ", New York, 1964

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Don Cherry. Member of Archie Shepp Orchestra recording "Four For Trane", New York, 1964.

Don Cherry (by name Donald Eugene Cherry) was American jazz trumpeter. Cherry had a long association with free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
In the 1970s, Cherry became a pioneer in world fusion music, drawing on traditional African, Middle Eastern, and Hindustani music. He was a member of the ECM group Codona, along with percussionist Naná Vasconcelos and sitar and tabla player Collin Walcott. AllMusic called him "one of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century.

b. November 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
d. October 19, 1995 in Malaga, Spain.

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