El Corazón (Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell album)

El Corazón
Studio album by
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell
Released1982
RecordedFebruary 1982
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length44:30
LabelECM 1230
ProducerManfred Eicher
Don Cherry chronology
Codona 2
(1980) 		El Corazón
(1982) 		Codona 3
(1982)

El Corazón is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell recorded in February 1982 and released on ECM later that year.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Trumpet and drum duets are not exactly commonplace, making this collaboration between Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell something special... The use of space is consistently impressive and those listeners with open ears will find this thoughtful date quite interesting".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings praised the album's "sheer clarity of sound," and wrote: "Blackwell is immense, as ever, relishing the space and music which is freed from the vertical hierarchies of harmonic jazz."[4]

Tyran Grillo, writing for Between Sound and Space, commented: "Blackwell's approach to his kit is melodic enough to carry its own, and the superb engineering gives him a wide berth, ensuring that every element has its place. Cherry's sidelong glances into piano, melodica, and organ, meanwhile, provide plenty of traction in the duo's more adventuresome tunes."[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry except where noted.

  1. "Mutron/Bemsha Swing/Solidarity/Arabian Nightingale" (Cherry/Thelonious Monk/Cherry/Cherry) - 15:18
  2. "Roland Alphonso" (Roland Alphonso) - 3:17
  3. "Makondi" - 3:49
  4. "Street Dancing" (Ed Blackwell) - 2:21
  5. "Short Stuff/El Corazón/Rhythm for Runner" (Blackwell/Cherry/Blackwell) 7:29
  6. "Near-In" (Blackwell) - 6:43
  7. "Voice of the Silence" - 5:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S.AllMusic Review accessed September 19, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Grillo, Tyran (November 19, 2011). "Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell: El Corazón". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved August 15, 2022.