Don Cherry - Symphony for Improvisers

Recorded in 1966 and released by Blue Note Records in August of 1967, Don Cherry’s Symphony for Improvisers features Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes, and Ed Blackwell, all of whom had appeared on Cherry's previous album Complete Communion. Also featured are Karl Berger, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Pharoah Sanders. The album received a rating of  ****½ on AllMusic, with reviewer Steve Huey stating that, “Even though the album is full of passionate fireworks, there's also a great deal of subtlety.  Feverish but well-channeled, this larger-group session is probably Cherry's most gratifying for Blue Note.”

Tracklist:

Side 1 

1. SYMPHONY FOR IMPROVISERS 
2. NU CREATIVE LOVE
3. WHAT'S NOT SERIOUS
4. INFANT HAPPINESS

Side 2 

1. MANHATTAN CRY
2. LUNATIC
3. SPARKLE PLENTY
4. OM NU

Personnel:

DON CHERRY, cornet 

LEANDRO 'GATO' BARBIERI, tenor sax 

PHAROAH SANDERS, tenor sax & piccolo 

KARL BERGER, vibes & piano 

HENRY GRIMES, bass 

JENNY CLARK, bass 

EDWARD BLACKWELL, drums