Hear & Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry, recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton stated: "An average collection from Cherry, respectable and inoffensive".Hamilton, A. AllMusic Review accessed December 8, 2011
In a review for All About Jazz, Chris May warned: "if you only acquire one Don Cherry album in your life, don't acquire this one," and commented: "There are some great musicians on the album... but it's not enough to lift the proceedings."
Phil Johnson, writing for The Independent, stated: "It's all over the place stylistically, from Indian mysticism to heavy metal, played by bizarre bands... And yet at least a couple of the tracks... are amazing, presaging Bill Laswell's funky world-fusion."
Track listing All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated "Mahakali" – 9:50 "Universal Mother" (Sherab-Barry Bryant, Cherry) – 6:46 "Karmapa Chenno" – 7:14 "California" – 2:51 "Buddha's Blues" – 3:40 "Eagle Eye" – 0:55 "Surrender Rose" (Narada Michael Walden) – 3:32 "Journey of Milarepa/Shanti/The Ending Movement-Liberation [from Welkin of Infinity]" (Cherry/Cherry/Stan Samole) – 10:12 Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York in December 1976.
Personnel Don Cherry – trumpet, bells, conch, flute, vocals Michael Brecker – saxophone Collin Walcott – sitar Moki Cherry – tamboura Ronald Dean Miller, Stan Samole – guitar Lois Colin – harp Cliff Carter – keyboards Narada Michael Walden – piano, timpani, tom tom Marcus Miller, Neil Jason – bass Sammy Figueroa – congas Tony Williams, Lenny White, Steve Jordan – drums Raphael Cruz – percussion Cheryl Alexander – vocals Patty Scialfa – vocals
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