Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter is devoted to the innovations of trumpeter and composer Don Cherry, who was adept at playing several including the Malin hunting guitar. Cherry was significant in opening jazz up to world spiritual traditions, and he traveled widely, absorbing influences that made their way into his works. Cherry became close friends with Ornette Coleman, and the chapter explores the relationship that developed between Cherry, Coleman, and William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin. Cherry established a close friendship with Allen Ginsberg, and began a serious study of Buddhism and Hinduism—his guru was Kalu Rinpoche—which appear in several works including “Om Shantih” and “Chenrezig.” Cherry was important for his role in continuing the Beat spiritual quest into the “hippie” period of the 1960s, and, like Coltrane, Cherry established an important collaboration with his Swedish wife, Moki.</jats:p>