{"product_id":"brown-rice","title":"Brown Rice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eEternal Rhythm\u003c\/i\u003e was Don Cherry's world fusion masterpiece of the '60s, then \u003ci\u003eBrown Rice \u003c\/i\u003eis its equivalent for the '70s. But where \u003ci\u003eEternal Rhythm\u003c\/i\u003e set global influences in a free jazz framework, \u003ci\u003eBrown Rice's\u003c\/i\u003e core sound is substantially different, wedding Indian, African, and Arabic music to Miles Davis' electrified jazz-rock innovations. And although purists will likely react here the same way they did to post-\u003ci\u003eBitches Brew\u003c\/i\u003e Davis, \u003ci\u003eBrown Rice\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning success by any other standard. By turns hypnotic and exhilarating, the record sounds utterly otherworldly: the polyrhythmic grooves are deep and driving, the soloing spiritual and free, and the plentiful recording effects trippy and mysterious. The various ethnic influences lift the album's already mystical atmosphere to a whole new plane, plus Cherry adds mostly non-English vocals on three of the four tracks, whispering cryptic incantations that make the pieces resemble rituals of some alien shaman. The title cut has since become an acid jazz\/rare-groove classic, filtering Charlie Haden's acoustic bass through a wah-wah pedal and melding it with psychedelic electric piano riffs, electric bongos, wordless female vocals, short snippets of tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe's free jazz screeching, and, of course, Cherry's whispers and trumpet. Closer \u003ci\u003eDegi-Degi \u003c\/i\u003eworks a similarly mind-bending mixture, but the middle two pieces (\u003ci\u003eMalkauns\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChenrezig\u003c\/i\u003e) are lengthy explorations where Cherry's languid trumpet solos echo off into infinity. Of all his world fusion efforts, \u003ci\u003eBrown Rice\u003c\/i\u003e is the most accessible entry point into Cherry's borderless ideal, jelling into a personal, unique, and seamless vision that's at once primitive and futuristic in the best possible senses of both words. While Cherry would record a great deal of fine work in the years to come, he would never quite reach this level of wild invention again. \u003ci\u003eBrown Rice's\u003c\/i\u003e original title was \u003ci\u003eDon Cherry\u003c\/i\u003e, which was changed a year after its initial 1975 release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 140 Gram Black Vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50423799349579,"sku":"1060022","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/624965a8-0449-4a7f-bded-cf2d54b0096a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726771789","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/brown-rice","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}