American avant-garde jazz drummer
Musical artist
Andrew Cyrille Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939)[ 1] avant-garde jazz drummer . Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor , among others. AllMusic biographer Chris Kelsey wrote: "Few free-jazz drummers play with a tenth of Cyrille's grace and authority. His energy is unflagging, his power absolute, tempered only by an ever-present sense of propriety."[ 2]
Life and career
Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York , United States,[ 3] Haitian family.[ 4] [ 5] St. John's University , but was already playing jazz in the evenings and switched his studies to the Juilliard School .[ 6] Willie Jones and Lenny McBrowne ;[ 7] Max Roach .[ 7] Philly Joe Jones .[ 4] [ 7]
His first professional engagement was as an accompanist of singer Nellie Lutcher ,[ 3] Coleman Hawkins .[ 8] Ted Curson introduced him to pianist Cecil Taylor when Cyrille was 18.[ 8]
He joined the Cecil Taylor unit in 1965, and worked with Taylor over a period of 15 years.[ 3] Milford Graves , and the two recorded a drum duet album in 1974.[ 9] bandleader , he has recorded and/or performed with musicians including David Murray , Irène Schweizer , Marilyn Crispell , Carla Bley , Butch Morris and Reggie Workman .[ 10] [ 11] Trio 3 , with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman.[ 12]
Discography
As leader or co-leader
What About? BYG Actuel , 1969)Dialogue of the Drums Milford Graves Celebration Ted Daniel , Romulus Franceschini, Stafford James , Jeanne Lee , Elouise Loftin, Donald Smith, David S. Ware Junction Whynot , 1976) with Ted Daniel , David S. Ware , Lisle Atkinson The Loop Metamusicians' Stomp Black Saint , 1978) with Ted Daniel , David S. Ware , Nick DiGeronimoNuba Jeanne Lee , Jimmy Lyons Special People Soul Note , 1980) with Ted Daniel , David S. Ware , Nick DiGeronimoThe Navigator Ted Daniel , Sonelius Smith , Nick DiGeronimoAndrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin Something in Return Jimmy Lyons Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille Intakt , 1989)Burnt Offering Galaxies My Friend Louis DIW /Columbia, 1992) with Adegoke Steve Colson, Oliver Lake , Hannibal Lokumbe , Reggie Workman X Man James Newton , Anthony Cox Ode to the Living Tree Fred Hopkins , Oliver Lake , David Murray , Mor Thiam Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu James Newton , Lisle Atkinson Double Clutch Richard Teitelbaum Duo Palindrome 2002 Anthony Braxton Low Blue Flame Greg Osby Opus de Life Paul Dunmall and Henry Grimes Route de Frères Haitian Fascination (Lisle Atkinson , Frisner Augustin , Hamiet Bluiett , Alix Pascal)The Declaration of Musical Independence ECM , 2016) with Bill Frisell , Ben Street , Richard Teitelbaum Proximity Bill McHenry Lebroba Bill Frisell , Wadada Leo Smith The News ECM , 2021) with Bill Frisell , Ben Street , David Virelles 2 Blues for Cecil William Parker and Enrico Rava Evocation Elliott Sharp and Richard Teitelbaum (Infrequent Seams, 2022)Music Delivery/Percussion Live in Willisau Encounter Open Ideas Time Being Wha's Nine: Live at the Sunset Berne Concert Irene Schweizer (Intakt, 2009)At This Time Geri Allen (Intakt, 2009)Celebrating Mary Lou Williams–Live at Birdland New York Geri Allen (Intakt, 2011)Refraction – Breakin' Glass Jason Moran (Intakt, 2013)Wiring (album) Vijay Iyer (Intakt, 2014)Visiting Texture
As sideman
With Muhal Richard Abrams
With Ahmed Abdul-Malik
With Charles Brackeen
With John Carter
Castles of Ghana (Gramavision , 1985)Dance of the Love Ghosts (Gramavision, 1986)Fields (Gramavision, 1988)Comin' On (hat Art, 1988)Shadows on a Wall (Gramavision, 1989)With Walt Dickerson
With David Haney
Clandestine (CIMP, 2008)Conspiracy A Go Go (CIMP, 2008)Siege of Misrata (CIMP, 2018)With Leroy Jenkins
With Peter Kowald
Duos: Europa-America-Japan (FMP, 1991) one trackDuos 2: Europa-America-Japan (FMP, 2003) one trackWith Oliver Lake
With Grachan Moncur III
With David Murray
With Horace Tapscott
With Cecil Taylor
Unit Structures Conquistador! Student Studies The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vols. 1-3.Cecil Taylor Quartet in Europe (Jazz Connoisseur, 1969)Live in Stuttgart (Bootleg / Unauthorized, 1966/1969)Akisakila Spring of Two Blue J's Incarnation FMP , 1999)Mixed to Unit Structures Revisited (compilation) (ezz-thetics, 2021)The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert With Mal Waldron
Birthday Concert: Antwerp 1997 (Bootleg / Unauthorized, 1997)Soul Eyes (BMG, 1997)Live at North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague (Bootleg / Unauthorized, 2001)With others
Geri Allen , The Printmakers Billy Bang , A Tribute to Stuff Smith Bill Barron , Hot Line Borah Bergman , The Human Factor (Soul Note, 1992)Borah Bergman and Peter Brötzmann , Exhilaration (Soul Note, 1997)Carla Bley , European Tour 1977 Jean-Paul Bourelly , Jungle Cowboy JMT , 1987)Anthony Braxton , Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh Marion Brown , Afternoon of a Georgia Faun Dave Burrell , Daybreak Gazell , 1989)Kenny Burrell and Coleman Hawkins , Moonglow (Compilation; Prestige, 1981)Kenny Clarke , Milford Graves , and Famoudou Don Moye , Pieces of Time Richard Davis , Total Package (Marge, 1997)Dave Douglas , Metamorphosis (Greenleaf Music, 2017)Dave Douglas and Uri Caine , Devotion (Greenleaf Music, 2019)Marty Ehrlich , Side By Side (Enja Records , 1991)Karl Evangelista , Ngayon (Astral Spirits , 2023)Bill Frisell and Kit Downes , Breaking the Shell (Red Hook Records, 2024)Dennis González , The Earth and the Heart (Konnex, 1989)John Gordon , Step by Step (Strata-East, 1976)John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , and Lisa Herman, Kew. Rhone. The Group (Ahmed Abdullah , Marion Brown , Billy Bang , Sirone , Fred Hopkins , Cyrille), Live NoBusiness Records , 2012)
Charlie Haden , Liberation Music Orchestra Impulse , 1969)Kip Hanrahan , Tenderness Coleman Hawkins , The Hawk Relaxes Jazz Composer's Orchestra , The Jazz Composer's Orchestra John Lindberg , A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the lines, 2000)Jimmy Lyons , Other Afternoons Bill McHenry , La peur du vide (Sunnyside, 2012)Bill McHenry and Henry Grimes (as "Us Free"), Fish Stories (Fresh Sound, 2014)Ben Monder , Amorphae Butch Morris , Dust To Dust (New World, 1991)Qasim Naqvi , Wadada Leo Smith , Two Centuries (Red Hook Records, 2022)Ivo Perelman , Children of Ibeji (Enja, 1991)Hugh Ragin , An Afternoon in Harlem Eric Revis , City of Asylum (Clean Feed, 2013)Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd , Live in New York Lonnie Liston Smith , Cosmic Funk John Tchicai and Reggie Workman , Witch's Scream (TUM, 2006)Bob Thiele Collective , Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron Records , 1990)Reggie Workman , Synthesis Bambi Pang Pang , Drop your plans (Seppe Gebruers , Laurens Smet & Viktor Perdieus ) (eNR, 2015) – https://elnegocito.bandcamp.com/album/drop-your-plans?from=hp .
References
^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (1999). "Cyrille, Andrew Charles". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . New York: Oxford University Press . p. 161. ^ Kelsey, Chris. "Andrew Cyrille: Biography" . AllMusic.com . Retrieved June 30, 2020 . ^ a b c Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Guinness Publishing . p. 110. ISBN 0-85112-580-8 ^ a b Patmos, Michael (February 1, 2014). "Andrew Cyrille: Drum Dialogue" (PDF) . Modern Drummer 54– 59. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015 . ^ Chinen, Nate (October 17, 2016). "Andrew Cyrille's Late-Career Renaissance" . New York Times . Retrieved March 10, 2022 . ^ Bob Young and Al Stankus (1992). Jazz Cooks . Stewart Tabori and Chang. pp. 92– 93. ISBN 1-55670-192-6 ^ a b c Fragman, Dominic (April 26, 2019). "Andrew Cyrille: Art Science, Part 1" . Jazz Times . Retrieved March 10, 2022 . ^ a b Case, Brian (October 4, 1975), "Make like a chimp (or choose your own alternative)", NME 28– 29 ^ Olewnick, Brian. "Andrew Cyrille / Milford Graves: Dialogue of the Drums" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 10, 2022 . ^ "Andrew Cyrille: Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 10, 2022 .^ "Andrew Cyrille" . All About Jazz . Retrieved March 10, 2022 .^ "Encounter - Trio 3 | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2021 .
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