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Also known as Donald Cherry, Donald E. Cherry

American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995)

Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Save America
  • Bench Bosses
  • Don Cherry's Rock'Em Sock'Em Hockey 21
  • Black and Gold
  • Grapes

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1936-11-18
Active to
1995-10-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
167,473
Total plays
1,384,359

Tags

free jazzjazzAvant-GardetrumpetFusion

Don Cherry (Donald Eugene Cherry, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 18, 1936 - October 19, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter. Don Cherry gained notoriety in the late 1950s through legendary Ornette Coleman recordings featuring Cherry's cornet and trumpet playing (sometimes featuring his playing of novel horns); including The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz (1961), the latter of which bred an entirely new sub-genre of jazz itself. After leaving Coleman and playing with John Coltran

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Eugene
Family name
Cherry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Oklahoma City
Place of death
Málaga
Instrument
trumpet
Record label
ECM Records
Image
DonCherry.jpg
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Commons category
Don Cherry (jazz)
date of birth
1936-11-18
date of death
1995-10-19
cause of death
liver cancer
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1956-00-00
relative
Neneh Cherry
birth name
Donald Eugene Cherry
ethnic group
African Americans
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