Eternal Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry recorded in 1973 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.[1]

Eternal Now
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedApril 30 and May 1, 1973
GenreJazz
Length37:40
LabelSonet
ProducerKeith Knox
Don Cherry chronology
Relativity Suite
(1973)
Eternal Now
(1974)
Brown Rice
(1974)

The album was reissued by Sonet on CD in 1996, paired with Live Ankara, with the title The Sonet Recordings.[2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[4]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars stating "the whole point is to explore new musical possibilities and commonalities among cultures. While the results do meander occasionally, Eternal Now on the whole remains a fresh, unpredictable listen."[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Aficionados of the Scandinavian scene will cherish a track featuring the great tenorist Bernt Rosengren on tarogato... 'Love Train' is perhaps the most jazz-based piece on the session. The remaining tracks are squarely in the world music idiom that Cherry was to make his own in years to come."[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
  1. "Gamla Stan – The Old Town by Night" – 8:27
  2. "Love Train" – 7:50
  3. "Bass Figure for Ballatune" (Chris Bothen) – 3:44
  4. "Moving Pictures for the Ear" (Bothen, Cherry) – 9:40
  5. "Tibet" – 7:59
    • Recorded at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, Sweden on April 30 (tracks 2–4) and May 1 (tracks 1 & 5), 1973.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Eternal Now at Discogs (list of releases) accessed December 7, 2011
  2. ^ "Don Cherry: The Sonet Recordings: Eternal Now / Live Ankara". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 7, 2011
  4. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 245.
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