Multikulti is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry recorded between 1988 and 1990 and released in 1991 on the A&M label. accessed December 9, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "As a standalone single CD, this recording, done over a three-year period and more than any other from Don Cherry, represents a full spectrum overview of all the phases in his nomadic adult musical life".Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed December 9, 2011 The Calgary Herald dismissed the album as "another selection of National Geographic sounds."
Writer Michael Stephans commented that "the recording is vintage world music Cherry, and is mostly very enjoyable."
Track listing All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated "Trumpet" – 0:45 "Multikulti Soothsayer" – 5:26 "Flute" – 1:08 "Birdboy – 4:41 "Melodica" – 1:26 "Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo" – 4:23 "Pettiford Bridge" (Carlos Ward) – 4:44 "Piano / Trumpet" – 2:25 "Until The Rain Comes" (Peter Apfelbaum) – 12:17 "Divinity-Tree" – 5:14 "Rhumba Multikulti" (Don Cherry, Josh Jones, Robert Huffman) – 4:10 "Multikulti Soothsayer Player" – 4:27 Recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California (track 4) on 27 December 1988, at Fantasy Recording Studios in Berkeley, California on 7 November 1989 (tracks 9 & 10) and 8 November 1989 (track 11), at BMG Recording Studios in New York City on 20 November 1989 (tracks 6 & 7) and 20 January 1990 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 & 12), and at Serafine Studios in Santa Monica, California, on 23 February 1990 (track 2)
Personnel Don Cherry — pocket trumpet, doussn'gouni, vocals, flute, melodica, piano A Watts Prophet, Anthony Hamilton, Ingrid Sertso – vocals Frank Serafine, David Cherry – synthesizer John L. Price – drum programming Bo Freeman – bass Mark London Sims – bass Karl Berger – marimba, vocals Bob Stewart – tuba Carlos Ward – alto saxophone Naná Vasconcelos – percussion Ed Blackwell, Deszon X. Claiborne – drums Peter Apfelbaum – tenor saxophone, cowbell, marimba, organ, synthesizer, bells, gong, palitos, vocals Jessica Jones, Tony Jones – tenor saxophone Joshua Jones – drums, timbales, cowbell, vocals Robert Huffman – congas, bell tree, vocals Peck Allmond – baritone saxophone Jeff Cressman – trombone, vocals Frank Ekeh – shekere, dunun, vocals Stan Franks, Will Bernard – guitar James Harvey – trombone Bill Ortiz – trumpet, vocals Allen Ginsberg, Claudia Engelhart, Karen Knight – chorus
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