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Donald Eugene Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter. Beginning in the late 1950s, Cherry had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, as on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960). He also collaborated separately with musicians such as John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, the New York Contemporary Five, and Albert Ayler.
![17th November 1959: Ornette Coleman plays the saxophone and Don Cherry (1936-1995) plays the trumpet at the 5 Spot Cafe, New York City. Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Don-Cherry-BB4086/1423502153.jpg)
17th November 1959: Ornette Coleman plays the saxophone and Don Cherry (1936-1995) plays the trumpet at the 5 Spot Cafe, New York City. Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
![Don Cherry (center) and the Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (right) at the Châteauvallon jazz festival, France, 1972](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Don-Cherry-BB4010/2732747432.jpg)
Don Cherry (center) and the Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (right) at the Châteauvallon jazz festival, France, 1972