Eternal Rhythm

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

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 '60s. It is required listening".^[2]

Track listing

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

• a. Baby's Breath
• b. "Sonny Sharock"
• 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
• Jacques Thollot - drums, saron (gamelan), gong, bells, voice

• Cover and layout: Heinz Bähr

References