[JPL] 1st Nations and Jazz

[Eric Jackson]

Did any one mention Don Cherry?

Years ago I was hanging out in NY with the violinist LeRoy Jenkins. He 
invited me to a recording session. Actually it was my first recording 
session. It was one of the dates for the recording called Escalator Over 
The Hill. Don Cherry was sitting on a long bench by himself. He had his 
pocket trumpet and several small flutes sitting on the bench next to 
him. He was dressed in what I think you call buck skin, dressed just 
like an Indian complete with head band and feather. I actually went and 
talked to him and we shared a moment.

Escalator was written and arranged but Don just started singing a couple 
of times. Carla Bley was smoking her pipe and conducting. She loved 
Don's singing! She told Don to keep doing it!

Eric Jackson
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