Blue Lake (album)

Blue Lake is a live album by jazz/world musician Don Cherry recorded in 1971 and first released on the BYG label in Japan in 1974.[1] In 2003, Charly Records reissued the album along with Orient on the compilation Orient / Blue Lake.[2]

Blue Lake
Live album by
Don Cherry
Released1974
RecordedApril 22, 1971
GenreJazz
Length63:33
LabelBYG
Don Cherry chronology
Orient
(1971)		 Blue Lake
(1974)		 Organic Music Society
(1972)

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

In the AllMusic review by Rob Ferrier, he states "Don Cherry is one of music's great adventurers. Always ready to stretch himself, he has seemed more concerned with growing as an artist and expanding his horizons than with getting a big paycheck. This live set, Blue Lake, is a worthy introduction to his solo work".[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "'Dollar and Okay's Tunes' is a wonderful example of group improvisation. Dyani's sweeping, thunderous bass and Cherry's singing to himself while at the piano lend the set curious echoes of all sorts of modern jazz precedents, but it's a unique sound all the same."[5]

Track listing
All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated
  1. "Blue Lake" – 4:55
  2. "Dollar and Okay's Tunes" (Dollar Brand, Okay Tamiz) – 31:51
  3. "East: – 26:42
    • Recorded live in Paris, France, on April 22, 1971

Personnel

References
  1. Don Cherry discography Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 9, 2011
  2. "Don Cherry: Orient / Blue Lake". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. Ferier, D. Allmusic Review accessed December 9, 2011
  4. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Don Cherry". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 245.
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