Human Music is an album by American electronic music composer Jon Appleton and multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry featuring performances recorded in 1969 and 1970 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]

Human Music
Studio album by Jon Appleton & Don Cherry
Released	1970
Recorded	1969-70 Bregman Electronic Music Studio at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH
Genre	Electronic music, Jazz
Length	41:28
Label	Flying Dutchman FDS 121
Producer	Bob Thiele
Jon Appleton chronology
Appleton Syntonic Menagerie (1969) Human Music (1970) The World Music Theatre of Jon Appleton (1974)
Don Cherry chronology
Live in Ankara (1969) Human Music (1970) Orient (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The album received a Swing Journal award in 1971.[5]

The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Ahead of its time and inevitably neglected on first... release, electronics man Jon Appleton imaginatively processes Cherry's trumpet and flute sounds."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jon Appleton and Don Cherry

1. "BOA" - 13:15
2. "OBA" - 7:30
3. "ABO" - 11:00
4. "BAO" - 9:43

Personnel

• Jon Appleton - synthesizer, electronics
• Don Cherry - flute, wood flute, bamboo flute, kalimba, earthquake drums, cornet with traditional mouthpiece and bassoon reed

References