Relativity Suite
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| Studio album by Don Cherry and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | February 14, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Blue Rock Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:22 | |||
| Label | JCOA | |||
| Producer | Don Cherry, Jazz Composer's Orchestra | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Relativity Suite is a free-jazz LP by Don Cherry on Jazz Composer's Orchestra Records which was released in 1973.
Jazz critic Scott Yanow wrote: “Highlights include Selene Fung's lovely work on the ching, a Chinese koto-like instrument, and Ed Blackwell's exuberant New Orleans marching patterns on the concluding number. While not as breathtaking or cohesive as his Eternal Rhythm, Relativity Suite almost matches that release in its first half and contains many a worthwhile joy.”
Having appeared on the first two JCOA records by Michael Mantler and Carla Bley, Cherry was commissioned to write the third one in 1970. He used many of the same musicians who contributed to the first two records and molded into a suite a string of the pieces he'd been composing and performing in the previous few years. Studying with Pandit Pran Nath, Cherry was increasingly using Indian karnatic singing in his recordings and concerts and he starts the album with a similarly derived chant."
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