Blue Note

Symphony For Improvisers

Don Cherry

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Recorded	1967
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84247
Released	1967
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 39909

The record

Two double basses, Henry Grimes and J.-F. Jenny-Clark, run underneath everything, which is why the group sounds heavier than seven players should. Cherry's cornet threads between two tenors, Gato Barbieri and Pharoah Sanders, with Sanders also on piccolo, while Karl Berger's vibes keep some pitch in the room and Ed Blackwell drums. Blue Note BST 84247 from 1967.

Tracks

Symphony For Improvisers
Nu Creative Love
What's Not Serious
Infant Happiness
Manhattan Cry
Lunatic
Sparkle Plenty
Om Nu

Session personnel

Don Cherry — Cornet
Reid Miles — Design [Cover Design]
Henry Grimes — Double Bass [Bass]
J.-F. Jenny-Clark — Double Bass [Bass]
Ed Blackwell — Drums
Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr. — Liner Notes
Francis Wolff — Photography By [Cover Photo]
Gato Barbieri — Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]
Pharoah Sanders — Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Piccolo Flute [Piccolo]
Karl Berger — Vibraphone [Vibes], Piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

The earliest pressing on file here is a 1967 US Blue Note mono BLP 4247; the stereo BST 84247 is listed the same year, several rows carrying an RVG stamp and one marked a Premier press. Spanish, Italian and German copies share that year. US reissues run 1971 to 1973 and reuse both numbers, so read the label rather than the catalog prefix. A 1994 US 180 gram audiophile edition and a 2024 Elemental 700235 close it out.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 31 pressings on file.

1967	Blue Note · BLP 4247 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album earliest on file
1967	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Premier Press · RVG stamp
1967	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1968	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Repress · RVG stamp
1994	Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 28976 2 0 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1994	Blue Note · B1 7243 8 28976 1 3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180g Audiophile Edition · RVG stamp
2005	Blue Note · 7243 5 63829 2 3 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp
2005	Blue Note · 7243 5 63823 2 9 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp
2005	Blue Note · 7243 5 63829 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress · RVG stamp
2014	Blue Note · TYCJ-81076 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · 7243 5 63823 2 9 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Blue Note · BST 84247 — Vinyl LP Album Stereo