the summer house 2019

The Summer House Sessions is a live album by trumpeter Don Cherry. It was recorded in July 1968 at the summer home of musician and recording engineer Göran Frees in Kummelnäs, Nacka, Sweden, after Frees invited Cherry to visit for a series of jam sessions and rehearsals. (Frees would later record Cherry's Organic Music Society (1972) and Eternal Now (1974).) On the album, which was released on LP and CD in 2021 by Blank Forms Editions with cover art by Cherry's wife Moki, Cherry blended members of two of his ensembles. From the Swedish band that recorded the album Live in Stockholm appear saxophonists Bernt Rosengren and Tommy Koverhult, bassist Torbjörn Hultcrantz, and drummer Leif Wennerström, while from Cherry's international group New York Total Music Company appear bassist Kent Carter and drummer Jacques Thollot. Hand drummer Bülent Ateş, who was visiting from Turkey, also participated. The CD release includes a second disc that features several additional musicians. Recordings from the session were presumed lost, but were located in the vaults of the Center for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research.