Don Cherry – Brown Rice (1977)

Horizon SP-717Rec. Dates : Two sessions in Spring 1975Stream this Album Cornet : Don CherryBass : Charlie Haden, Hakim JamilBongos : Bunchie FoxDrums : Billy HigginsPiano / Electric Piano : Ricky Cherry, Don CherryTamboura : Moki CherryTenor Sax : Frank LoweVocals : Verna Gills, Don Cherry Billboard : 02/12/1977 Eclectic trumpeter Cherry combines Eastern and Western musical elements in a very unusual and uncanny program. The

Clifford Jordan Quartet – Night of the Mark VII (1976)

Muse – MR 5076Rec. Date : March 26, 1975Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Clifford JordanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Billy HigginsPiano : Cedar Walton Boston PhoenixBob Blumenthal : 04/13/1976 The perseverance of some musicians never ceases to amaze me. Clifford Jordan, who has been playing strong, rhythmically charged tenor for two decades, continues to garner nary a sliver of

Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century (1960)

Atlantic – 1327Rec. Dates : October 8, 1959, October 9, 1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Ornette ColemanBass : Charlie HadenDrums : Billy HigginsPocket Trumpet/Cornet : Don Cherry Billboard : 06/06/1960Jazz Spotlight Winner Ornette Coleman, the alto sax man whose style has aroused violent debate, shows on this waxing that he has both imagination and taste, as well as