Don Cherry
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Moki and Don Cherry met in the mid-1960s and soon began collaborating closely. They made happenings, music, art, posters, and record sleeves; they performed together, organized workshops, and toured. The film merges the different worlds they lived in – countryside and city life, and the various disciplines that were interwoven in their artistic practices.

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Don Cherry walks around and plays music

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera in a studio.

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Self
Between June 26 and 29, 1976, the sixth edition of the Festival of the Juvenile Proletariat took place at Parco Lambro in Milan, an event conceived by the countercultural magazine Re Nudo. The organizers invited Alberto Grifi to film those days filled with meetings, debates, and concerts, but not everything went as planned. This is the 58-minute version (from 27 hours of footage) edited by Grifi himself after the event.

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A concert at the Golden Circle with Don Cherry and his quintet was filmed and then processed to an art movie using various optical effects.

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Self
A look at the life of Native American jazz saxophone pioneer Jim Pepper, the first widely recognized musician to fuse Native American music with jazz.

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A 1976 television broadcast recorded at RAI studios [Rome, Italy]. Don Cherry - pocket trumpet, doussn'gouni, wooden flute, percussion, vocals, Nana Vasconcelos - tabla, berimbau, percussion, vocals, Moki Cherry - tambura, vocals, Giampiero Pramaggiore - guitar, flute, vocals