''Eternal Now'' is an album by trumpeter

Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins. After concluding a playing career in the A ...

recorded in 1973 and released on the Swedish

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label. accessed December 7, 2011 The album was reissued by Sonet on CD in 1996, paired with '' Live Ankara'', with the title ''The Sonet Recordings.''

Reception

The

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review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars stating "the whole point is to explore new musical possibilities and commonalities among cultures. While the results do meander occasionally, ''Eternal Now'' on the whole remains a fresh, unpredictable listen."Huey, S
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'' wrote: "Aficionados of the Scandinavian scene will cherish a track featuring the great tenorist Bernt Rosengren on tarogato... 'Love Train' is perhaps the most jazz-based piece on the session. The remaining tracks are squarely in the world music idiom that Cherry was to make his own in years to come."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated'' # "Gamla Stan – The Old Town by Night" – 8:27 # "Love Train" – 7:50 # "Bass Figure for Ballatune" (Chris Bothen) – 3:44 # "Moving Pictures for the Ear" (Bothen, Cherry) – 9:40 # "Tibet" – 7:59 **Recorded at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, Sweden on April 30 (tracks 2–4) and May 1 (tracks 1 & 5), 1973.

Personnel

– trumpet, piano,

harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...

, vocals, h'suan, daster,

gong A gongFrom Indonesian language, Indonesian and ; ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ; ; ; ; is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, and used widely in Southeast Asian and East Asian musical traditions. Gongs are made of metal and ...

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– piano,

Tibetan bells Tibetan may mean: * of, from, or related to Tibet * Tibetan people, an ethnic group * Tibetan language: ** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard ** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken diale ...

, African finger piano,

mridangam The ''mridangam'' is an ancient percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion in ...

cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...

* Christer Bothén – piano, , Tibetan bells *

Bernt Rosengren Bernt Åke Rosengren (24 December 1937 – 15 May 2023) was a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden over more than forty years. Biography Rosengren first played professionally at age 19, ...

–

tárogató The tárogató (''töröksíp'', ''Turkish pipe''; plural ''tárogatók'' or, anglicized, ''tárogatós''; or ''torogoata'') is a woodwind instrument commonly used in Hungarian folk music, Hungarian folk music. The modern tárogató was intended ...

* Agneta Ernström – Tibetan bells, this looks like an error for "donso karinya", a scraper often associated with the ngoni

References

{{Authority control Sonet Records albums Don Cherry (trumpeter) albums 1974 albums