Hear & Now (Don Cherry album)

Hear & Now is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry, recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.

Reception
The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton stated: "An average collection from Cherry, respectable and inoffensive".

In a review for All About Jazz, Chris May warned: "if you only acquire one Don Cherry album in your life, don't acquire this one," and commented: "There are some great musicians on the album... but it's not enough to lift the proceedings."

Phil Johnson, writing for The Independent, stated: "It's all over the place stylistically, from Indian mysticism to heavy metal, played by bizarre bands... And yet at least a couple of the tracks... are amazing, presaging Bill Laswell's funky world-fusion."

Track listing

 * All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated


 * 1) "Mahakali" – 9:50
 * 2) "Universal Mother" (Sherab-Barry Bryant, Cherry) – 6:46
 * 3) "Karmapa Chenno" – 7:14
 * 4) "California" – 2:51
 * 5) "Buddha's Blues" – 3:40
 * 6) "Eagle Eye" – 0:55
 * 7) "Surrender Rose" (Narada Michael Walden) – 3:32
 * 8) "Journey of Milarepa/Shanti/The Ending Movement-Liberation [from Welkin of Infinity]" (Cherry/Cherry/Stan Samole) – 10:12
 * Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York in December 1976.

Personnel

 * Don Cherry – trumpet, bells, conch, flute, vocals
 * Michael Brecker – saxophone
 * Collin Walcott – sitar
 * Moki Cherry – tamboura
 * Ronald Dean Miller, Stan Samole – guitar
 * Lois Colin – harp
 * Cliff Carter – keyboards
 * Narada Michael Walden – piano, timpani, tom tom
 * Marcus Miller, Neil Jason – bass
 * Sammy Figueroa – congas
 * Tony Williams, Lenny White, Steve Jordan – drums
 * Raphael Cruz – percussion
 * Cheryl Alexander – vocals
 * Patty Scialfa – vocals