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Multikulti is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry recorded between 1988 and 1990 and released in 1991 on the A&M label.[1]

Multikulti
Studio album by Don Cherry
Released	1990
Recorded	December 27, 1988 November 7, 8 & 29, 1989 January 20, 1990 February 23, 1990
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:44
Label	A&M
Producer	David Cherry & John L. Price
Don Cherry chronology
Art Deco (1988) Multikulti (1990) Dona Nostra (1993)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "As a standalone single CD, this recording, done over a three-year period and more than any other from Don Cherry, represents a full spectrum overview of all the phases in his nomadic adult musical life".[2]

Writer Michael Stephans commented: "the recording is vintage world music Cherry, and is mostly very enjoyable." He noted that a video of the concert, released in 1991, is "a thing to behold and to return to time and again, especially since it captures the essence of Cherry's live performances – joyful, uninhibited, energetic, and fun!"[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated

1. "Trumpet" – 0:45
2. "Multikulti Soothsayer" - 5:26
3. "Flute" – 1:08
4. "Birdboy - 4:41
5. "Melodica" - 1:26
6. "Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo" - 4:23
7. "Pettiford Bridge" (Carlos Ward) - 4:44
8. "Piano / Trumpet" - 2:25
9. "Until The Rain Comes" (Peter Apfelbaum) - 12:17
10. "Divinity-Tree" - 5:14
11. "Rhumba Multikulti" (Don Cherry, Josh Jones, Robert Huffman) - 4:10
12. "Multikulti Soothsayer Player" - 4:27

• Recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California (track 4) on 27 December 1988, at Fantasy Recording Studios in Berkeley, California on 7 November 1989 (tracks 9 & 10) and 8 November 1989 (track 11), at BMG Recording Studios in New York City on 20 November 1989 (tracks 6 & 7) and 20 January 1990 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 & 12), and at Serafine Studios in Santa Monica, California, on 23 February 1990 (track 2)

Personnel

• Don Cherry — pocket trumpet, doussn'gouni, vocals, flute, melodica, piano
• A Watts Prophet, Anthony Hamilton, Ingrid Sertso - vocals
• Frank Serafine, David Cherry - synthesizer
• John L. Price - drum programming
• Bo Freeman - bass
• Mark London Sims - bass
• Karl Berger - marimba, vocals
• Bob Stewart - tuba
• Carlos Ward - alto saxophone
• Naná Vasconcelos - percussion
• Ed Blackwell, Deszon X. Claiborne - drums
• Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone, cowbell, marimba, organ, synthesizer, bells, gong, palitos, vocals
• Jessica Jones, Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
• Joshua Jones - drums, timbales, cowbell, vocals
• Robert Huffman - congas, bell tree, vocals
• Peck Allmond - baritone saxophone
• Jeff Cressman - trombone, vocals
• Frank Ekeh - shekere, dunun, vocals
• Stan Franks, Will Bernard - guitar
• James Harvey - trombone
• Bill Ortiz - trumpet, vocals
• Allen Ginsberg, Claudia Engelhart, Karen Knight - chorus

References

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