Eternal Rhythm sees Cherry fully taking on the role of the leader of the world jazz fusion movement. Recorded in Berlin, this live album features a fusion of American and European free jazz, as well as gamelan, an Indonesian percussion ensemble that produces both rhythms and melodies. This fusion of American knowhow in terms of free jazz, European curiosity, and Asian instruments (which really brings the soundscape to unknown territories, even for free jazz), makes for a release that at times loses itself in meanderings, but also testifies of the power of the of different forces - the passage from the 15th to the 20th minute of the second track is absolutely gorgeous.
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