2017. With a line-up including Don Cherry, Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, The New York Contemporary Five barely lasted a year, but nevertheless recorded five albums that shaped the jazz to come. This is a fine reiss..
2019. The short-lived quintet known as the New York Contemporary Five had a lasting impact on the free jazz movement. It was formed in 1962 with trumpeter Don Cherry, who had been working with free jazz pioneer Orne..