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The Cherry Thing

Neneh Cherry

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Summary: The Thing took their name from a piece by Don Cherry: when they first got together it was to play his music. So it does make sense that they should eventually team up with Don Cherry's daughter, Neneh. Meeting in London in the fall of 2010 to record, it clicked right away as they all shared an open, free approach to the music. The high energy of The Thing's playing found a fitting counterpart in Neneh's intense style. Includes covers of songs from Suicide, The Stooges, Ornette Coleman, MF Doom.
Review: "8.0 out of 10...a remarkably well-defined, cohesive, and above all things inviting listen, and at eight tracks it feels neither slight nor needlessly sprawling."--Pitchfork.
Review: "...A wild record...a homemade record...it's a raw record..."--NPR Music.
Review: "...Puts herself forward as a strong presence, never fully yielding to the band."--New York Times.
Review: "...Is a seamless fusion of her influences (including her stepfather, the late jazz icon Don Cherry..."--Los Angeles Times.

Reviews (4)

AllMusic

2012

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Thom Jurek

2012

"The Cherry Thing is a collaboration whose immediacy, dynamic, and motion are organic; its creative originality singular. It unabashedly and nakedly displays its seams and inspirations. It is a serious contender for any representative year-end list".

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Gaffa [online]

d. 2. June 2012

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Henrik Friis

d. 2. June 2012

"The Cherry Thing er et perfect match. Trioen The Thing er egentlig skabt som hyldest til Neneh's stedfar, Don Cherrys free jazz - navnet er fra en af hans melodier - men sammen med rastløse Neneh Cherrys vanlige nysgerrighed over for snart sagt alle genrer, bliver det til musik, hvor båse er ligegyldige: MF Dooms hiphop, Suicides elektroniske protopunk, Stooges udskejende rock og Ornette Colemans free jazz serveres i meget personlige fortolkninger".

DownBeat

2012 October

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Peter Margasak

2012 October

"Carrying on a tradition established in the late '60s when the Art Ensemble of Chicago collaborated with non-jazz singers like Fontella Bass and Brigitte Fontaine, the aggressive Scandinavian trio The Thing teams up on The Cherry Thing with adventurous pop singer Neneh Cherry on a wildly diverse program of art-rock and free-jazz covers - as well as a pair of originals ... Both parties have broas aesthetic sensibilities, so when each bends to accomodate the other (...) it's neither a tretch, nor a compromise".

Mojo

2012 July

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Dan Stubbs

2012 July

"Eighties pop star meets jazz combo; voodoo ensues ... This partnership of prog Scandinavian free-jazz trio The Thing - named for a Don Cherry track - and Neneh Cherry - stepdaughter of said Don - seems too convenient to be true. But true it is, and The Cherry Thing is a quite brilliant combination, with its creepy, freaky sound and clever reinventions of Suicide's Dream Baby Dream, MF Doom's hard-hitting Accordion and grimy, strip-club-ready take on Dirt by The Stooges".