Don Cherry - Nana Vasconcelos - Colin Walcott - The Codona Trilogy (2009)

This 3-CD box incorporates the albums “Codona” (recorded 1978), “Codona 2” (1980) and “Codona 3” (1982).
Pure wizardry. The art of the improvisers beyond all borders. Preaching equality for all the idioms, anticipating the gathering wave of “world music”, drawing on traditions from all the continents, Codona was like no other band. Its sound: simultaneously poetic and powerfully evocative and stamped, in every second, with character. Summoned into being by Collin Walcott in 1978, the trio provided an utterly original context for Don Cherry’s starkly melodic trumpet and for the multi-instrumentalism of all three players.

Artists:

Don Cherry - trumpet, doussn’gouni, flutes, organ, melodica, voice
Nana Vasconcelos - berimbau, cuica, talking drum, percussion, voice
Collin Walcott - sitar, tabla, hammered dulcimer, sanza, timpani, voice


Tracks:

Codona (CD 1)

Like That Of Sky
Codona
Colemanwonder:
Race Face
Sortie
Sir Duke
Mumakata
New Light

Codona 2 (CD 2)

Que Faser
Godumaduma
Malinye
Drip-Dry
Walking on Eggs
Again and Again, Again

Codona 3 (CD 3)

Goshakabuchi
Hey Da Ba Doom
Travel By Night
Lullaby
Trayra Boia
Clicky Clacky
Inner Organs

Recorded 1978, 1980, 1982