A Fresh Look at the âOrganic Musicâ of Moki and Don Cherry
Starting in the late 1960s, the textile artist and the trumpeter taught classes, held concerts and made work in a Swedish schoolhouse. This period is the focus of a new celebration by Blank Forms.
Don and Moki Cherry at the schoolhouse in Tagarp, Sweden, where they taught classes, held concerts and made work, in 1979.Credit.Rita Knox
April 28, 2021, 8:41 a.m. ET
In the mid-20th century, a steady stream of American jazz musicians flew the coop to Europe, ditching the restrictions and prejudices of their home country for a continent where earning a decent living as an artist seemed more possible.