Cherry Jam was taken from a 1965 pre-record for Danish national radio, and features three of Cherry’s original composition, plus a cover of Richard Rodgers’ 1928 tune ‘You Took Advantage of Me’.
Don Cherry first rose to prominence as part of the Ornette Coleman Quartet that turned the jazz world on it's ear in 1959. Then, in 1965 he began his career as a leader with a run of fiery Blue Note albums including the Where Is Brooklyn? production.
Bitches Brew is a studio album by Miles Davis, originally released in 1970. It marked his continuing experimentation with electric instruments such as the electric piano and guitar in order to reject traditional jazz rhythms.