Biography
Donald Eugene Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960). Cherry also collaborated separately with musicians such as John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, the New York Contemporary Five, and Albert Ayler.
Cherry released his debut album as bandleader, Complete Communion, in 1966. In the 1970s, he 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 Cherry "one of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century."
Filmography
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Movies 15
self 3
Shale Raga (2015)
Die Ratte (1993)
Zan Boko (1988)
It Is Not My Music (1978)
Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (1976)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Don Cherry (1973)
Noon in Tunisia (1969)
Zero in the Universe (1966)
Time (1966)
Amore, amore (1966)
Notes for a Film on Jazz (1965)
New York Eye and Ear Control (1964)
Pepper's Pow Wow
Incontro con Don Cherry
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GenderMale
Birthday1936-11-18
Deathday1995-10-19 (58 years old)
Birth NameDonald Eugene Cherry
Birth PlaceOklahoma City, United States of America
ChildrenDavid Ornette Cherry, Christian Jon Cherry, Eagle-Eye Cherry
RelativesNeneh Cherry
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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