| Complete Communion | ||||
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| Released | May 1966[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 24, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Free jazz, avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 40:14 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84226 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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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[2] 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".[3]
The tracks on Complete Communion were included in the compilation The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry.[4] In 2021, the Ezz-thetics label reissued Complete Communion along with Symphony For Improvisers on the compilation Complete Communion & Symphony For Improvisers Revisited.[5]
- ^ "Billboard". May 21, 1966.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Huey, Steve. "Don Cherry: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry". AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Don Cherry: Complete Communion & Symphony For Improvisers Revisited". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 15, 2022.