Complete Communion is a 1966 album

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 by American

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 jazz

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 composer

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 Don Cherry

Don Cherry (jazz)

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, his first release on Blue Note Records

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.

Each side of the original LP were suite

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s, side-long compositions working with several themes. Critics have proposed this recording as an important innovation in the Free jazz

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 of the time, introducing "an alternative both to athematic improvising and to monothematic pieces".

Track listing

1. "Complete Communion: Complete Communion/And Now/Golden Heart/Remembrance" - 20:38
2. "Elephantasy: Elephantasy/Our Feelings/Bishmallah/Wind, Sand And Stars" - 19:36

All compositions by Don Cherry

Personnel

• Don Cherry
  Don Cherry (jazz)
  Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
  
  : cornet
• Leandro "Gato" Barbieri
  Gato Barbieri
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  : saxophone
• Henry Grimes
  Henry Grimes
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  : bass
• Edward Blackwell
  Ed Blackwell
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  : drums
• Producer - Alfred Lion
  Alfred Lion
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• Recorded By - Rudy Van Gelder
  Rudy Van Gelder
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