“Organic music” hero Don Cherry plays himself in an odd but brilliant French sci-fi short. The narrative structure of this lesser-known short film by French filmmakers Jean-Noël Delamare, […]
Sun Ra All Stars with Archie Shepp, Lester Bowie, and Don Cherry (Berlin, 1983)
A historic Sun Ra ensemble performs at the Philharmonie, Berlin.
One of the greatest jazz lineups we’ve ever seen: Archie Shepp, John Gilmore, Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly Joe Jones, Richard Davis, Marshall Allen, and members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
“It seems like Sun Ra was trying to give his Berlin audience a programmatically expansive view of the possibilities of jazz as a specifically African American art — it runs from blues through tasty piano to some pretty intergalactic excursions.”
Look out for the tune “Stars That Shine Darkly” featured in our Don Cherry Collaborations piece around the 5 minute mark…
