Eternal Rhythm

Eternal Rhythm
Eternal Rhythm
Live album by Don Cherry
Released	1969
Recorded	November 11 & 12, 1968
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, jazz fusion, gamelan
Length	41:32
Label	MPS Records
Producer	Joachim E. Berendt
Don Cherry chronology

Eternal Rhythm is a jazz album composed by Don Cherry.^[1] It was recorded in conjunction with the Berlin Jazz Festival in November 1968.^[2]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 5 stars stating "Eternal Rhythm is Don Cherry's masterwork and one of the single finest recordings from the jazz avant-garde of the 1960s. It is required listening".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Track listing[]

1. "Eternal Rhythm Part I" - 17:49 (Cherry)

a. Baby's Breath
b. "Sonny Sharrock"
c. Turkish Prayer
d. Crystal Clear (exposition)
e. Endless Beginnings
f. Baby's Breath (unaccompanied)

2. "Eternal Rhythm Part II" - 23:40 (Cherry)

a. Autumn Melody
b. Lanoo
c. Crystal Clear (Development)
d. Screaming J
e. Always Beginnings

Personnel[]

Don Cherry - cornet, gender and saron (gamelan), Bengali, flute in A, bamboo flute in C, metal flute in B flat, plastic flute in C, Haitian Guard, Northern Bells, voice
Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
Eje Thelin - trombone
Bernt Rosengren - tenor saxophone, oboe, clarinet, flute
Sonny Sharrock - guitar
Karl Berger - vibraphone, piano, gender (gamelan)
Joachim Kühn - piano, prepared piano
Arild Andersen - bass
- drums, saron (gamelan), gong, bells, voice
Cover and layout: Heinz Bähr

References[]

^ Don Cherry discography Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed December 9, 2011
^ "Don Cherry "Eternal Rhythm" | Arild Andersen" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed Assessed 17, 2011

[Don_Cherry_discography-1] Don Cherry discography Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed December 9, 2011

[2] "Don Cherry "Eternal Rhythm" | Arild Andersen" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-04-01.

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed Assessed 17, 2011

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Studio albums	The Avant-Garde (1961) Complete Communion (1965) Symphony for Improvisers (1966) Where Is Brooklyn? (1966) Eternal Rhythm (1968) Blue Lake (1971) Organic Music Society (1972) Relativity Suite with Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1973) Eternal Now (1973) Orient (1974) Brown Rice (1975) Hear & Now (1976) El Corazón with Ed Blackwell (1982) Home Boy (Sister Out) (1985) Art Deco (1988) Multikulti (1991) Dona Nostra (1993)
with Old and New Dreams	Old and New Dreams (1976) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1980) A Tribute to Blackwell (1987)
with Codona	Codona (1979) Codona 2 (1981) Codona 3 (1983)
with New York Contemporary Five	Consequences (1963) Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (1964)