Eternal Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry recorded in 1973 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.[1]
| Eternal Now | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | April 30 and May 1, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Sonet | |||
| Producer | Keith Knox | |||
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The album was reissued by Sonet on CD in 1996, paired with Live Ankara, with the title The Sonet Recordings.[2]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[4] |
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars stating "the whole point is to explore new musical possibilities and commonalities among cultures. While the results do meander occasionally, Eternal Now on the whole remains a fresh, unpredictable listen."[3]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Aficionados of the Scandinavian scene will cherish a track featuring the great tenorist Bernt Rosengren on tarogato... 'Love Train' is perhaps the most jazz-based piece on the session. The remaining tracks are squarely in the world music idiom that Cherry was to make his own in years to come."[5]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
- "Gamla Stan – The Old Town by Night" – 8:27
- "Love Train" – 7:50
- "Bass Figure for Ballatune" (Chris Bothen) – 3:44
- "Moving Pictures for the Ear" (Bothen, Cherry) – 9:40
- "Tibet" – 7:59
- Recorded at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, Sweden on April 30 (tracks 2–4) and May 1 (tracks 1 & 5), 1973.
Personnel
edit- Don Cherry – trumpet, piano, harmonium, vocals, h'suan, daster, gong
- Bengt Berger – piano, Tibetan bells, African finger piano, mridangam, cymbal
- Christer Bothén – piano, dousso n'koni [sic],[6] Tibetan bells
- Bernt Rosengren – tárogató
- Agneta Ernström – Tibetan bells, dousso kynia [sic][7]
References
edit- ^ Eternal Now at Discogs (list of releases) accessed December 7, 2011
- ^ "Don Cherry: The Sonet Recordings: Eternal Now / Live Ankara". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 7, 2011
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 245.
- ^ this looks like an error for donso ngoni
- ^ this looks like an error for "donso karinya", a scraper often associated with the ngoni