''Human Music'' is an album by American electronic music composer

Jon Appleton Jon Howard Appleton (January 4, 1939 – January 30, 2022) was an American composer, an educator and a pioneer in electro-acoustic music. His earliest compositions in the medium, e.g. "Chef d'Oeuvre" and "Newark Airport Rock" (1967) attracted at ...

and multi-instrumentalist

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featuring performances recorded in 1969 and 1970 and first released on the

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Reception

The album received a Swing Journal award in 1971. The

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site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing
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'' wrote: "Ahead of its time and inevitably neglected on first... release, electronics man Jon Appleton imaginatively processes Cherry's trumpet and flute sounds."

Track listing

''All compositions by Jon Appleton and Don Cherry '' # "BOA" - 13:15 # "OBA" - 7:30 # "ABO" - 11:00 # "BAO" - 9:43

Personnel

- synthesizer, electronics *

- flute, wood flute, bamboo flute,

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, earthquake drums, cornet with traditional mouthpiece and bassoon reed

References

{{Authority control 1970 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Flying Dutchman Records albums Don Cherry (trumpeter) albums Jon Appleton albums