Hi. If you want to know about the gorgeous, multicultural, complex, and unique music that sitarist Walcott, Brazillian percussionist Vasconcelos, and pocket trumpet/ doussn'gouni legend Don Cherry get up to on these releases, read my review of CODONA 3, and then BUY THAT DISC. If you love it, buy the first one. If you still need more, buy this one, and you will be glad. Don't start here, though. For no reasons I can give, I always considered this the weakest of the 3 CDs. Been awhile since I heard it, though, but I'd even rank Walcott's GRAZING DREAMS above it, tho' it lacks Vasconcelos. Entirely a subjective thing, but, well, there it is.

I actually disagree with the previous comments slightly. This was the first Codona CD I have heard, and I much prefer it to Codona 3. It seems earthier, more delicate...extremely gorgeous, but still "out" enough to maintain interest (i.e. the jagged sporadic running lines Cherry lays over the mellow grooves...somehow all out and completely restrained). When i first heard this album, I listened through it twice in a row, and for days afterwards. I have yet to hear Codona 1, but I hope to soon. As of now, I STILL can't get enough of this disc, and it's been a while since I first heard it. Enjoy...