Don Cherry, Henry Grimes & Ed Blackwell - November 1961

Don Cherry, Henry Grimes & Ed Blackwell - November 1961Jazz scholar Lewis Porter is always turning up interesting and cool artifacts — and recently he shared a great one! An unreleased/unknown session with Don Cherry, Henry Grimes and Ed Blackwell? In 1961?! Sign me up. Some details from Porter: Cherry’s playing is melodic and creative, and I think you will enjoy his work here quite a bit. And his colleagues here are Henry Grimes on bass and Ed Blackwell on drums! There are lots of connections here: Cherry had of course toured with Blackwell in Coleman’s quartet, and he would work with Grimes in Sonny Rollins’s quartet in 1962 and ‘63. Yes indeed, a very enjoyable session — I’m surprised it’s as early as 1961, since it sounds so modern and fresh. But that was Don Cherry, right? Modern, fresh, curious and always a joy to listen to.

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town