don cherry's "orient/blue lake"

[Guest akanalog]

i just went to the record store intending to buy dave burrell's "after love" which i kind of thought i wouldn't like so much. i then considered mike osborne's "outback" and noticed a don cherry two-fer of "orient" and "blue lake". i had seen these albums sold individually but never together so this interested me and i bought this instead. i thought i remembered these albums getting lukewarm reviews and this is why i never picked them up previously. i have not gotten the chance to listen to them so much but i really like what i hear so far. sound quality could be a lot better, but isn't awful. i really like the temiz/dyani rhythm section and i also like cherry's piano style a lot. it is sort of heavy but grooving. do people consider these albums top shelf cherry or mediocre works?

[John L]

They are not top Cherry on my shelf.

They don't do much for me. Others may have different opinions.

[brownie]

I'm with John. That's one Don Cherry album I do not return to. So many good dates with him, don't bother about that one!

[Guest akanalog]

too late! i bought it when i was in the store. i guess i was enjoying my last byg actual whatever twofer so much-which was sun ra's "the solar myth approach"-that i took a shot.

i sell a lot of my CDs, but after going through "orient/blue lake" a few times, i think it is a keeper for me. i like this kind of stuff. it's a little all over the place, but powerful to me.

[JSngry]

It doesn't suck, that's for sure.

[SEK]

i really like the temiz/dyani rhythm section

me too!

[WD45]

i really like the temiz/dyani rhythm section

me too!

The Temiz groove in sections makes this a keeper for me.