Don Cherry - Mu or El Corazon -- which is better?

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

El Corazon is on my desert island list, but I know many prefer the earlier collaboration between Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell, Mu (1&2). Which duet album do you like better?

[frankiepop]

i suspect that 'mu' is possibly more important since 'mu' fires hot off the heels of 'eternal rhythm', but i never could maintain my attention to 'mu' and i found love with 'el corazon.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

There's a raw excitement to Mu that the later album doesn't have. But El Corazon has a irresistibly calm beauty to it. And the music reflects Cherry's interest in world music to a greater degree, which I love.

[Brian L]

I like both albums, but I return to El Corazon frequently, and I don't listen to Mu all that much. I especially enjoy the version of Bemsha Swing on El Corazon, but I love the whole thing. It's the first LP I digitized onto CD-R when I got my CD-Recorder.