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Art Deco - Don Cherry
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  1. Art Deco
  2. Body and Soul
  3. Maffy
  4. The Blessing
  5. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
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  1. Art Deco
  2. Body and Soul
  3. Maffy
  4. The Blessing
  5. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  6. When Will the Blues Leave?
  7. Bemsha Swing
  8. Folk Medley
  9. Passing
  10. Compute
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Although it is not mentioned anywhere on the outside of this CD, this session is very much a reunion. Trumpeter Don Cherry is reunited with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins from the early Ornette Coleman Quartet and, most importantly, tenor saxophonist James Clay. Clay, who after playing with Cherry in Los Angeles in the 1950s and doing a few recordings moved back to Texas, had been in obscurity for decades. Fortunately, his playing is quite strong on what turns out to be a surprising bop-oriented session. ...

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