June 11, 2010 - don cherry
as you know, don cherry is able to play his trumpet in such a way
that you understand that every moment is in fact a new moment. It’s
possible that he conveys that better than any other musician. Listen
to the album “evidence” with steve lacy. It includes some monk tunes.
When don cherry solos over the monk tunes, he is playing notes that are
in the (preexisting) chord changes. However, it appears to be complete
accident/coincident that this is the case. I’m not sure exactly how
he makes it sound that way; but I believe that it comes from a very
deep conviction inside him that whatever has already happened is
totally irrelevant.
What do you have to say for yourself?