Neneh Cherry Has So Much More History In Her "Buffalo Stance"

Photography by Heidi Jewell. The story of the Cherry family, at this point, is something of musical legend. Neneh is the gorgeous, Swedish-born, London/NYC-raised stepdaughter of groundbreaking jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, who ensured she spent her young childhood interacting with folks like Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg. Her mother was an artist and her father was a Sierra Leonean drummer who was born in the West African bush. Her brother grew up to be Eagle-Eye, of "Save Tonight" fame, and she ...