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''The Cherry Thing'' is an album by vocalist Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing, consisting of saxophonist
Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
, bassist
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 23 September 1971 in Oppdal, Norway) is a Norwegian bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Flaten played electric bass in local funk trio ' ...
and drummer
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. It was recorded in 2011 and released the following year by
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.


Background

Neneh Cherry's stepfather was
free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...
trumpeter
Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...
. The trio The Thing took their name from a track on Don Cherry's 1966 album '' Where Is Brooklyn?'' Cherry "began her career in the 1980s as a teen vocalist in post-punk outfits Rip Rig & Panic and Float Up CP; both melded free jazz and angular funk." Conny Lindstrom, who had produced albums by The Thing, also knew Cherry and suggested that she perform with them.


Recording and music

''The Cherry Thing'' was recorded at Harder Sound Studios in London and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm. The album contains eight tracks. The two originals are "Sudden Moment" by Gustafsson and "Cashback" by Cherry. The nine-minute version of Suicide's "
Dream Baby Dream "Dream Baby Dream" is a song by the electro-punk band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. It was released as a single in 1979 by Island Records. It has been covered by Neneh Cherry and The Thing on the 2011-recorded album T ...
" "is no less ethereal than the original, but far more sinister; Cherry ..keeps the beautiful melodic core intact, even as she becomes ever more insistent, showing her dominant authority. Her accompanists build a gorgeous wall of atmospheric tension behind her".
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's "Too Tough to Die" "begins sparsely and slowly before Cherry and Gustafsson enter and begin pushing, ..Cherry's vocal is emboldened with risk, turning the melody in on itself and ululating against the baritone horn. The rhythm sections answers with syncopated breaks and funk."
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's "Accordion" and the Stooges' "Dirt" "are sparse, threatening, and poignant, the former tinged with implied violence, and the latter ..smolders with raw, dark sensuality." Don Cherry's "Golden Heart" is "an otherworldly meld of Middle Eastern modes and textures and a skeletal lyric frame that displays this group's command of diverse musical languages." On Ornette Coleman's "What Reason", the "nearly mournful presentation, with gorgeous jazz singing by Cherry and restrained yet adventurous soloing by Gustafsson and Håker Flaten, make the tune drip with longing."


Release

The album was released on 19 June 2012. It peaked at number 16 on the '' Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart.


Reception

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reviewer John Doran stated that the recording was "one of the most enjoyable and original albums of the year".
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'' commented that the music "dramatically bridges the singer's avant-pop world and the flat-out sax-howling, percussion-thundering soundscape the group have been poleaxing audiences with since 2000." Ben Ratliff of ''
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'' wrote that the intentional contrast between Cherry's tenderness and the band's loud aggression sometimes became unbalanced in favour of the latter.Ratliff, Ben (19 June 2012) "Neneh Cherry & The Thing". ''The New York Times''. p. C5.


Track listing

#"Cashback" ( Neneh Cherry) – 5:58 #"
Dream Baby Dream "Dream Baby Dream" is a song by the electro-punk band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. It was released as a single in 1979 by Island Records. It has been covered by Neneh Cherry and The Thing on the 2011-recorded album T ...
" (
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, Alan Vega) – 8:24 #"Too Tough to Die" (
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) – 5:13 #"Sudden Moment" (
Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
) – 8:26 #"Accordion" (
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, Otis Jackson, Jr.) – 6:10 #"Golden Heart" (
Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...
) – 4:43 #"Dirt" ( David Alexander,
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,
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,
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) – 6:47 #"What Reason" ( Ornette Coleman) – 5:18


Personnel

* Neneh Cherry – vocals *
Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
– baritone sax, tenor sax, electronics *
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 23 September 1971 in Oppdal, Norway) is a Norwegian bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Flaten played electric bass in local funk trio ' ...
– double bass, electric bass, electronics *
Paal Nilssen-Love Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres. (in Norwegian) Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and h ...
– drums, percussion


Charts


References


Further reading


"A Quietus Interview Keep Those Dreams Burning Forever: Neneh Cherry Interviewed"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cherry Thing 2012 albums Neneh Cherry albums The Thing (jazz band) albums Albums produced by Cameron McVey