Codona Trilogy (Spkg) [Box set, Limited Edition]

Don Cherry, Collin Walcott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: ECM Records
• ASIN: B001EKXX1I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Like That Of Sky

2. Codona

3. Race Face

4. Sortie

5. Sir Duke

6. Mumakata

See all 7 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Que Faser

2. Godumaduma

3. Malinye

4. Drip-Dry

5. Walking On Eggs

6. Again and Again, Again

Disc: 3

1. Goshakabuchi

2. Hey Da Ba Doom

3. Travel By Night

4. Lullaby

5. Trayra Boia

6. Clicky Clacky

See all 7 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This specially priced 3-CD box brings together the three legendary recordings of trans-cultural pioneers Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos and Collin Walcott: Codona, Codona II, and Codona III (recorded 1978, 1980, 1982 respectively). Delightful listening, these albums are also milestones in the history of improvisation between the genres. World music before there was a name for it. The beauty of Codona is in the trio's open-mindedness, proposing equal rights for all the idioms, and for music of all the continents. The group was a coming together of three master musicians, each of whom was an innovative sound-explorer. Three CD-set in cap box - booklet includes liner notes by Steve Lake and photography by Roberto Masotti.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, pre-"new age" and pre-"world beat", June 25, 2010

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W. T. Haight II - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Codona Trilogy (Spkg) (Audio CD)

I don't have this package, but I bought the three Codona LPs when they were initially issued.

I really miss Collin Walcott. He was a brilliant student of Indian traditional music, but adapted the tabla and sitar to a variety of contexts. He also played a good deal of hammered dulcimer, and a kalimba-type instrument I think he made from a gas can. Oregon hasn't been the same without him, and, of course, Codona has ceased to exist at all. His rhythms, his facility with improvisation, his palette of musical colors were unique and irreplacable.

I miss Don Cherry too. He was one of Ornette's original collaborators in Los Angeles in the late '50's with his lithe pocket trumpet lines. But Don was an amazing person, expatriated himself to Scandinavia, grew his own food and sewed his own clothing. He taught himself piano, douss'n gouni and some pennywhistle-type flutes. He brought the freedom and joy of Ornette's music to a variety of musics, and was the perfect partner for Collin.

I miss Nana as well. I saw him play first with Pat Metheny's band in the late '70's or early '80's. A friend who joined me thought he was going to shoot someone with that "bow and arrow" (the berimbau). He could coax such a wide variety of unlikely but appropriate and oh so musical noises from the oddest looking devices. Collin and Don have passed, I don't know if Nana has as well.

There was nothing like this band, and I fear there never will be. They played simultaneously every genre and no genre. Much of what they played live was improvised on the spot, but they could drift in and out of songs at will.

Codona 1 was probably the most solid release, but Codona 2 remains my favorite. Codona 3 showed the broadest range of styles. Each disc is brilliant in its own way, but they are very different.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CODONA!, August 7, 2010

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Ad Arma "Ad Arma" (Holland, (Les Pays Bas)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Codona Trilogy (Spkg) (Audio CD)

India-influenced jazz.

Very original and good interactions.

Hearing the invention of pure 'Worldmusic'!

(before the term was scrumbled and degenerated because too many bad musicians were producing a kind of weak eastern-flavored wallpaper-muzak..)

But hey, there (still) is also a lot of goooood music coming from the cross-overs.

It's partly now been integrated.

And this one ís one of the sources of good music!

Don Cherry was a Don indeed!

It didn't date. Fresh and Honest.

A document to pick while sitting and looking trough your window..