DON CHERRY
JAZZ / FOLK JAZZ / FREE, AVANT-GARDE 1969
DON CHERRY:
THE SONET RECORDINGS

ETERNAL NOW, LIVE ANKARA
VERVE RECORDS, 533 050-2(CD)
(P)(C)1996 STOCKHOLM LABEL GROUP
RECORDED: APRIL, MAY 1973, NOVEMBER 23, 1969
RELEASED: 1996, EU
ORIGINAL ISSUED AS "ETERNAL NOW" / "LIVE ANKARA"

CREDITS (productions) :
- DISC 1: FROM LP "ETERNAL NOW", SONET SNTF 653 -
(P) APRIL 1973, SONET GRAMMOFON, (C) JULY 1996 SONET GRAMMOFON
Produced by Keith Knox; Engineer: Göran Freeze
Recording: April/May, 1973, Studio Decibel, Stockholm, Sweden
- DISC 2: FROM LP "LIVE ANKARA", SONET SNTF 669 -
(P) NOVEMBER 1969, SONET GRAMMOFON, (C) JULY 1996 SONET GRAMMOFON
Produced by Keith Knox; Engineer: Don Cherry
Recording: November 23, 1969, US Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
Cover Photo: Mike Prior, Redferns
Black & White Photos: Rita Knox, Gunnar Smokuansky, Paul Gergard Deker
Art Direction: Mayke Brands, Studio R+M, Soest, Holland
Research: Meta Lundstrom
Remastering: Gert van Hoeyen, Polyhymnia Studio, Baarn, Holland
Prepared for CD released by Cees Schrama
CREDITS (musicians) :
- DISC 1: ETERNAL NOW -
Don Cherry: H'suan, dastar, gong, piano, voice, harmonium, rkan-dung, Gamelan
Bengt Berger: tibetan bell, tibetan cymbals, african finger piano, mridangam, small bells
Chris Bothén: piano, Dousso n'Koni, tibetan bell
Bernt Rosengren: Taragot
Angeta Ernström: Tibetan bell, Dousso Kynia
- DISC 2: LIVE ANKARA -
Don Cherry: trumpet, trumpetzürna,
piano, vocal, flute
Selçuk Sun: bass
Okay Temiz: drums, percussion
Irfan Sümer: percussion, tenor saxophone
TRACKS :
DISC 1: ETERNAL NOW (total time 37:59) :
1. Gamla Stan - The Old Town By Night (8:27) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
Don Cherry, H'suan, Dastar, gong; Bengt Berger, Tibetan bell, African finger piano
2. Love Train (7:50) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
Don Cherry, piano, gong; Chris Bothén, piano; Bernt Rosengren, Taragot; Angeta Ernstrom, Tibetan bell
3. Bass Figure For Ballatune (3:44) [ composer: Chris Bothén ]
(Two pianos and three piano players)

Don Cherry, piano; Chris Bothén, piano; Bengt Berger, piano
4. Moving Pictures For The Ear (9:40) [ composer: Don Cherry, Chris Bothén ]
Don Cherry, vocal, harmonium; Chris Bothén, Dousso n'Koni; Bengt Berger, Mridangam; Angeta Ernstrom, Dousso Kynia
5. Tibet (7:59) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
Don Cherry, Rkan-dung, voice, Gamelan, gong; Chris Bothén, Tibetan bell; Bengt Berger, Tibetan cymbals, small bells
DISC 2: LIVE ANKARA (total time 41:29) :
1. Gandalf's Travels (5:00) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
2. Ornette's Concept (2:28) [ composer: Ornette Coleman ]
3. Ornette's Tune (2:32) [ composer: Ornette Coleman ]
4. St.John & The Dragon (2:03) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
5. Efeler (Turkish folk material) (2:22) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
6. Anadolu Havasi (Turkish folk material) (2:03) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
7. The Discovery Of Bhupala (5:03) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
8. Water Boy (1:23) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
9. Yaz Geldi (Turkish folk material) (3:05) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
10. Tamzara (Turkish folk material) (1:35) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
11. Kara Deniz (Turkish folk material) (:38) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
12. Köcekce (Turkish folk material) (:40) [ collected and arranged by: Maffy Falay ]
13. Man On The Moon (2:50) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
14. The Creator Has A Masterplan (6:18) [ composer: Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders ]
15. Two Flutes (3:19) [ composer: Don Cherry ]
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