A Tribute to Blackwell

Live album by Old and New Dreams

Released

1987

Recorded

November 7, 1987

Genre

Jazz

Length

47:20

Label

Black Saint

Producer

Giovanni Bonandrini

Old and New Dreams chronology

Playing
(1980)

A Tribute to Blackwell
(1987)

A Tribute to Blackwell is a live album by jazz quartet Old and New Dreams. The record, recorded in 1987, features trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell. It was released on the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating, "All of the musicians are in top form on this no-changes music, creating fresh and intuitive melodies with both freedom and hints of the tradition".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"Happy House" (Ornette Coleman) – 9:15
"Law Years" (Coleman) – 9:00
"Togo" (Ed Blackwell) – 8:10
"Dewey's Tune" (Dewey Redman) – 11:25
"Street Woman" (Coleman) – 9:30

- Recorded at the Ed Blackwell Festival in Atlanta, Georgia on November 7, 1987

Personnel

References

↑ Black Saint Records discography accessed May 4, 2011
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 4, 2011

Don Cherry

Studio albums	The Avant-Garde (1961) Complete Communion (1965) Symphony for Improvisers (1966) Where Is Brooklyn? (1966) Eternal Rhythm (1968) Orient (1971) Blue Lake (1971) Organic Music Society (1972) Relativity Suite with Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1973) Eternal Now (1973) Brown Rice (1975) Hear & Now (1976) El Corazón with Ed Blackwell (1982) 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)

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