After stepping
out of Ornette Coleman’s shadow and into his bandleader shoes, Don Cherry
released a string of increasingly avant-garde recordings that each played a
crucial role in the development of his sound and individuality. This growth culminated with Eternal Rhythm, a flourishing work that
established Cherry as an essential trumpeter of the 60s avant-garde jazz scene
and an innovator of a new sound all his own.
Combining post-bop, free jazz, blues, Gamelan, and other world
music elements, Eternal Rhythm is an
absolute whirlwind of sound that ebbs and flows between disparate genres with
an effortless flick of a wrist.
