: 45Ĭherry became well known in 1958 when he performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman, first in a quintet with pianist Paul Bley and later in what became the predominantly piano-less quartet which recorded for Atlantic Records. He also toured with saxophonist James Clay. : 134 While trumpeter Clifford Brown was in Los Angeles with Max Roach, Cherry attended a jam session with Brown and Larance Marable at Eric Dolphy's house, and Brown informally mentored Cherry. Career īy the early 1950s Cherry was playing with jazz musicians in Los Angeles, sometimes acting as pianist in Art Farmer's group. This resulted in his transfer to Jacob Riis High School, a reform school, where he first met drummer Billy Higgins. Cherry recalled skipping school at Fremont High School in order to play with the swing band at Jefferson High School. He lived in the Watts neighborhood, and his father tended bar at the Plantation Club on Central Avenue, which at the time was the center of a vibrant jazz scene. In 1940, Cherry moved with his family to Los Angeles, California.
His father owned Oklahoma City's Cherry Blossom Club, which hosted performances by Charlie Christian and Fletcher Henderson. His mother and grandmother played piano and his father played trumpet. Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to a mother of Choctaw descent and an African-American father.
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