Moki

Or Mo·qui

[moh-kee]

noun

plural

Mokis ,

plural

Moki .

1. Hopi.

moki

/ ˈməʊkɪ /

noun

1. either of two edible sea fish of New Zealand, the blue cod ( Percis colias ) or the bastard trumpeter ( Latridopsis ciliaris )

Word History and Origins

Origin of moki¹

Māori

Example Sentences

It starts with my mother, Moki Cherry, on tamboura droning away and Charlie Haden’s sublime bass; this goes on for several minutes.

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By the time Don Cherry and Moki Karlsson settled in Sweden in the late 1960s, Cherry had gotten away from what some would consider jazz.

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While in Europe, he met Albert Ayler, whom he’d later record with, and Moki Karlsson, his future wife.

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Cherry spent the ’70s in Sweden with his partner, Moki, where the two would create what they called “organic music” with like-minded local artists.

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The Italian first vinyl pressing has beautiful Moki Cherry artwork and is probably the one to try and get, but Don looks so cool in the photo on the cover of the U.S. pressing and the design is so great that I recommend getting both.

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