Cherry

 Okay, now it's Tuesday for real.  October 19th.  2021, or so they tell me.

Today is the day for belief and understanding, for with them, we decisively comprehend the paramount truth.

On this day in 1995, musician Don Cherry died at age 58 in Malaga, Spain. Impermanence is swift. Cherry is best known for his long association with free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, which began in the late 1950s. He also performed alongside John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, and Albert Ayler.   In the 1970s, Cherry became a pioneer in world fusion music, drawing on traditional African, Middle Eastern, and Hindustani music.  He was a true hero of mine, and opened my mind and ears to much of what I still listen to even to this day.

Here's Cherry performing in Italy in 1976.  The other musicians in this set are his wife, Moki Cherry  (vocals and tamboura), Nana Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, and vocals), and Giampiero Pramaggiore (guitar, flute, and vocals).  His step-daughter, Neneh Cherry (Moki's daughter from a previous marriage), and son, David Ornette Cherry, join him on stage for the last piece, after the flute song.