Complete Communion


Complete Communion is a 1966 album by American jazz composer Don Cherry, his debut as a bandleader and his first release on Blue Note Records.
Each side of the original LP were suites, side-long compositions working with several themes. Critics have proposed this recording as an important innovation in the free jazz of the time, introducing "an alternative both to athematic improvising and to monothematic pieces".
In 2001, horn player Tom Varner released the album Second Communion, consisting of new arrangements of Cherry's compositions.

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry
  1. "Complete Communion: Complete Communion/And Now/Golden Heart/Remembrance" – 20:38
  2. "Elephantasy: Elephantasy/Our Feelings/Bishmallah/Wind, Sand And Stars" – 19:36

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