Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Don Cherry

Jazz.com, the Washington Post and Indiana Public Media all identify Don Cherry as born in Oklahoma City in 1936; he became a trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist after moving to Los Angeles as a child.

Musical work

trumpeter; bandleader; multi-instrumentalist. Instruments recorded in the collection: trumpet; cornet; piano. Genres: jazz; free jazz; world fusion.

Evidence and identity

Birthplace, date and principal instruments are independently supported by reference and newspaper/public-media sources.

Don Cherry

Don Cherry Oklahoma City birth, instruments, early relocation and jazz career

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Jazz Trumpeter Don Cherry, World-Music Pioneer, Dies

Don Cherry identity, Oklahoma City birth, death in 1995, career context

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Communion: Don Cherry in the 1960s

Don Cherry Oklahoma birth, instruments and jazz career

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Sources

  1. jazz.com/encyclopedia/cherry-don-donald-eugene
  2. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/10/20/jazz-trumpeter-don-cherry-world-music-pioneer-dies/3f474f40-7d4b-46dd-9688-04f789995920/
  3. indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/communion-don-cherry-1960s.php