Multikulti is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry recorded between 1988 and 1990 and released in 1991 on the A&M label.[1]

Multikulti
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedDecember 27, 1988
November 7, 8 & 29, 1989
January 20, 1990
February 23, 1990
GenreJazz
Length55:44
LabelA&M
ProducerDavid Cherry & John L. Price
Don Cherry chronology
Art Deco
(1988)
Multikulti
(1990)
Dona Nostra
(1993)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Select     [4]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "As a standalone single CD, this recording, done over a three-year period and more than any other from Don Cherry, represents a full spectrum overview of all the phases in his nomadic adult musical life".[2] The Calgary Herald dismissed the album as "another selection of National Geographic sounds."[5]

Writer Michael Stephans commented that "the recording is vintage world music Cherry, and is mostly very enjoyable."[6]

Track listing

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All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
  1. "Trumpet" – 0:45
  2. "Multikulti Soothsayer" – 5:26
  3. "Flute" – 1:08
  4. "Birdboy – 4:41
  5. "Melodica" – 1:26
  6. "Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo" – 4:23
  7. "Pettiford Bridge" (Carlos Ward) – 4:44
  8. "Piano / Trumpet" – 2:25
  9. "Until The Rain Comes" (Peter Apfelbaum) – 12:17
  10. "Divinity-Tree" – 5:14
  11. "Rhumba Multikulti" (Don Cherry, Josh Jones, Robert Huffman) – 4:10
  12. "Multikulti Soothsayer Player" – 4:27
  • Recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California (track 4) on 27 December 1988, at Fantasy Recording Studios in Berkeley, California on 7 November 1989 (tracks 9 & 10) and 8 November 1989 (track 11), at BMG Recording Studios in New York City on 20 November 1989 (tracks 6 & 7) and 20 January 1990 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 & 12), and at Serafine Studios in Santa Monica, California, on 23 February 1990 (track 2)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Don Cherry discography Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed December 9, 2011
  3. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Barnes, Mike (October 1990). "Don Cherry: Multikulti". Select. No. 4. p. 97.
  5. ^ Brennan, Brian (11 Nov 1990). "Jazz Discs". Calgary Herald. p. G5.
  6. ^ Stephans, Michael (2017). Experiencing Ornette Coleman: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 122.