Codona (album)

Codona
Studio album by Collin Walcott, Don Cherry & Naná Vasconcelos
Released	1979
Recorded	September 1978
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:37
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Codona chronology
Codona (1978) Codona 2 (1980)

Codona is the first album by the jazz trio Codona which featured sitarist and tabla player Collin Walcott, trumpeter Don Cherry and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating simply "These three communicate".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Collin Walcott except as indicated

1. "Like That of Sky" - 11:07
2. "Codona" (Cherry, Vasconcelos, Walcott) - 6:14
3. "Colemanwonder: Race Face/Sortie/Sir Duke" (Ornette Coleman/Coleman/Stevie Wonder) - 3:40
4. "Mumakata" - 8:14
5. "New Light" - 13:22

• • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in September 1978

Personnel

• Collin Walcott — sitar, tabla, hammered dulcimer, kalimba, voice
• Don Cherry — trumpet, wood flute, doussn' gouni, voice
• Naná Vasconcelos — percussion, cuica, berimbau, voice

References

1. ECM discography accessed September 12, 2011
2. Nastos, M. G.Allmusic Review accessed September 12, 2011
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 40. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.