Complete Communion

Complete Communion is a 1966 album by American jazz composer Don Cherry, his debut as a bandleader and his first release on Blue Note Records.

Complete Communion
Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedDecember 24, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length40:14
LabelBlue Note
BST 84226
ProducerAlfred Lion
Don Cherry chronology
Complete Communion
(1966)
Symphony for Improvisers
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Jazz5/5[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Each side of the original LP were suites, side-long compositions[1] working with several themes. Critics have proposed this recording as an important innovation in the free jazz of the time, introducing "an alternative both to athematic improvising and to monothematic pieces".[6]

In 2001, horn player Tom Varner released the album Second Communion, consisting of new arrangements of Cherry's compositions.[7][8]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry

  1. "Complete Communion: Complete Communion/And Now/Golden Heart/Remembrance" – 20:38
  2. "Elephantasy: Elephantasy/Our Feelings/Bishmallah/Wind, Sand And Stars" – 19:36

Personnel

References

  1. Huey, Steve. Complete Communion at AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2000). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0195313739.
  3. Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann, eds. (1998). "Don Cherry". MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Music Sales Group. ISBN 0825672538.
  4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "Bill Frisell". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 464. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 40. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. Jost, Ekkehard (1974). Studies in Jazz Research 4: Free Jazz. Universal Edition. p. 141.
  7. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/second-communion-tom-varner-omnitone-review-by-glenn-astarita.php
  8. https://www.allmusic.com/album/second-communion-mw0000220623


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