| Hear & Now | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | December 1976 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:00 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Narada Michael Walden | |||
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Hear & Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| All About Jazz | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton awarded the album 2½ stars stating "An average collection from Cherry, respectable and inoffensive".[2]
In a review for All About Jazz, Chris May warned: "if you only acquire one Don Cherry album in your life, don't acquire this one," and commented: "There are some great musicians on the album... but it's not enough to lift the proceedings."[4]
Phil Johnson, writing for The Independent, stated: "It's all over the place stylistically, from Indian mysticism to heavy metal, played by bizarre bands... And yet at least a couple of the tracks... are amazing, presaging Bill Laswell's funky world-fusion."[5]
A reviewer for Head Heritage commented: "a Don Cherry LP bowing to commercial acceptability is a damn sight better than many other artists of the time reaching for similar acceptance, and there are moments of high-brilliance amongst the clotted, over-sentimentalized, clinical pap."[6]
Track listing
- All composions by Don Cherry except as indicated
- "Mahakali" – 9:50
- "Universal Mother" (Sherab-Barry Bryant, Cherry) – 6:46
- "Karmapa Chenno" – 7:14
- "California" – 2:51
- "Buddha's Blues" – 3:40
- "Eagle Eye" – 0:55
- "Surrender Rose" (Narada Michael Walden) – 3:32
- "Journey of Milarepa/Shanti/The Ending Movement-Liberation [from Welkin of Infinity]" (Cherry/Cherry/Stan Samole) – 10:12
- Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York in December 1976.
Personnel
- Don Cherry – trumpet, bells, conch, flute, vocals
- Michael Brecker – saxophone
- Collin Walcott – sitar
- Moki Cherry – tamboura
- Ronald Dean Miller, Stan Samole – guitar
- Lois Colin – harp
- Cliff Carter – keyboards
- Narada Michael Walden – piano, timpani, tom tom
- Marcus Miller, Neil Jason – bass
- Sammy Figueroa – congas
- Tony Williams, Lenny White, Steve Jordan – drums
- Raphael Cruz – percussion
- Cheryl Alexander – vocals
- Patty Scialfa – vocals
References
- ↑ Discogs album entry accessed December 8, 2011
- 1 2 Hamilton, A. Allmusic Review accessed December 8, 2011
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 40. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- 1 2 May, Chris (February 6, 2010). "Don Cherry: Hear And Now". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ↑ Johnson, Phil (7 February 2010). "Album: Don Cherry, Hear & Now". The Independent. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Don Cherry: Hear & Now". Head Heritage. March 2, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2022.