Symphony for Improvisers

Symphony for Improvisers
Studio album by Don Cherry
Released	1966
Recorded	September 19, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Free jazz
Length	39:00
Label	Blue Note BST 84247
Producer	Alfred Lion
Don Cherry chronology
Complete Communion (1965) Symphony for Improvisors (1966) Where is Brooklyn? (1967)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Symphony for Improvisers is an album by Don Cherry featuring Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes, Ed Blackwell, Karl Berger, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states "Even though the album is full of passionate fireworks, there's also a great deal of subtlety — the flavors added to the ensemble by Berger's vibes and Sanders' piccolo, for example, or the way other instrumental voices often support and complement a solo statement. Feverish but well-channeled, this larger-group session is probably Cherry's most gratifying for Blue Note".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry

1. "Symphony for Improvisers: Symphony for Improvisers/Nu Creative Love/What's Not Serious?/Infant Happiness" - 19:43
2. "Manhattan Cry: Manhattan Cry/Lunatic/Sparkle Plenty/Om Nu" - 19:17

Personnel

• Don Cherry: cornet
• Gato Barbieri: tenor saxophone
• Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone, piccolo
• Karl Berger: vibes, piano
• Henry Grimes: bass
• Jean-François Jenny-Clark: bass
• Ed Blackwell: drums

References