Human Music is an album by American electronic music composer Jon Appleton and multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry featuring performances recorded in 1969 and 1970 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2]

Human Music
Studio album by
Released1970
Recorded1969–70
Bregman Electronic Music Studio at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH
GenreElectronic music, jazz
Length41:28
LabelFlying Dutchman FDS 121
ProducerBob Thiele
Jon Appleton chronology
Appleton Syntonic Menagerie
(1969)
Human Music
(1970)
The World Music Theatre of Jon Appleton
(1974)
Don Cherry chronology
Live in Ankara
(1969)
Human Music
(1970)
Orient
(1971)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The album received a Swing Journal award in 1971.[5]

The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Ahead of its time and inevitably neglected on first... release, electronics man Jon Appleton imaginatively processes Cherry's trumpet and flute sounds."[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Jon Appleton and Don Cherry

  1. "BOA" - 13:15
  2. "OBA" - 7:30
  3. "ABO" - 11:00
  4. "BAO" - 9:43

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Kamiyama, A., Don Cherry discography accessed February 11, 2016
  2. ^ Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed February 11, 2016
  3. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed February 8, 2016
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Davis, Malcolm (January 30, 1971). "Tokyo". Billboard. p. 54.