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title: "Art Deco"
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# Art Deco

**Brand:** don cherry
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This 1988 album has never received the recognition that it deserves. Maybe that is because with Don Cherry re-uniting of Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins from the legendary Ornette Coleman Quartet and James Clay from his early days it was expected that the result would either be cutting edge free jazz or equally biting world music. Instead, Art Deco is a very accessible bebop album, which everybody would recognise as a jazz record with clearly defined tunes. Throughout it Cherry&apos;s plaintive trumpet pierces the emotions whilst Clays muscular saxophone beefs up the proceedings. Haden and Higgins are as good as they always are. The quartet play a variety of Don Cherry originals, some standards such &quot;Body And Soul&quot; and a few from the Coleman glory days. Not a typical Cherry album, but one which still shows what a great jazzman he was. And one who never stopped producing fine records. --Phil Brett

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## Customer Reviews

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    One of the best jazz albums from the 1980's
  

*by I***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2012*

As the 1980's wore on it seemed strange just how many of those musicians associated with the Free Jazz / Avant Garde movement of the late 50's and 1960's seemed to become increasingly  more mainstream whether it was Lester Bowie, Archie Shepp or Don Pullen. Don Cherry's "Art Deco" seemed to very much follow this trend. The other reviews play on the fact that this record sees 3/4 of the Ornette Coleman re-united and that this offers a rare chance to hear why the under-recorded James Clay was so reverred by his contemporaries. I would have to echo the general enthusiasm for a record which sees Cherry playing some of the best pocket trumpet of his carreer. However, there are moments when you could almost be listening to Harry "Sweets" Edison  and this is a record which is accessible for even the most mainstream of jazz fans to appreciate. There is so much great music on this record that it is difficult to know where to start. The title track is a fabulous composition and it is not at all difficult to appreciate why so many other trumpeters from Enrico Rava to Avisahi Cohen have recorded this number. I also love the Ornette tunes - "Compute" being the most outside of all the tracks and demonstrates just what a great team Ed Blackwell and Charlie Haden where. "The blessing" and "When will the blues leave" are some  of Coleman's most whistleable melodies and I love the interplay with the drums in the theme on the former. Elsewhere, Cherry and his cohorts seem totally at home in the gleeful version of Thelonious Monk's "Bemsha Swing." I have to concur 100% with my friend Jazzrook's perception of this record. Aside from the above factors  this record is pretty much essential for the amazing drumming of Ed Blackwell. There are a few solo tracks (unaccompanied Cherry and Haden) yet Blackwell's feature "Passing" shows just how compelling a drum solo can be, especially when featuring a heavy dose of New Orleans-style groove. As a member of the ensemble, Blackwell is the icing on the cake in this quartet. The other big selling factor is the tenor playing of James Clay which is something of a revelation. Although one of his first solos on the disc opens with a break that recalls Coltrane, Clay's playing owes a lot of other big-toned players sich as Sonny Rollins or Odean Pope and he  shares these two musician's almost gladitorial-like stature. In some respects, Clay is of the generation of players who came before Don Cherry's bit they provide a brilliant foil for each other.It seems bizarre that the Amazon description of this CD should suggest that this record is not widely recognised. My understanding is that this is widely acknowledged to be one of the very best jazz albums of the 1980's and unlike a lot of the jazz produced in a period broadly defined by  young-Neos or modish Downtowners, this ia an absolute classic for all time. Don Cherry's "Art Deco" should be in every collection.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Don Cherry & James Clay reunited in 1988.
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2012*

Recorded during August, 1988, this fascinating album features three-quarters of the early Ornette Coleman Quartet plus the rarely heard Texas tenorman, James Clay who played with Cherry in Los Angeles in the '50s. Highlights include Thelonious Monk's 'Bemsha Swing', Ornette Coleman's 'The Blessing' and a wonderful version of 'Body and Soul' which is a feature for James Clay.The leader, Don Cherry, plays beautiful trumpet throughout with impressive contributions from Clay, Charlie Haden(bass) & Billy Higgins(drums).'Art Deco' is an enjoyable and accessible modern jazz album that deserves to be more widely known.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
    Masterpiece
  
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in Canada on 5 January 2013*

Cet album réunissant les anciens musiciens de Ornette Coleman est sans aucun doute une Masterpiece. Le solo de batterie de Billy Higgins est exceptionnel.

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