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385: ANDREW CYRILLE. Music Delivery / Percussion

385: ANDREW CYRILLE. Music Delivery / Percussion

Intakt Recording #385/ 2023

Andrew Cyrille: Drums, Percussion

Recorded January 17, 18, 2022 at Sound On Sound Recording, Montclair, USA, by David Amlen.

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Andrew Cyrille’s longtime companion Oliver Lake praises the master of African-American rhythms in his poem The Real Cyrille – “making the real magic ... the real rhythms ... the real sounds ... expanding his African/Haitian roots ... surf- ing the drums for masterful lyrical snippets ... a master of color ... painting coloring riffing always stretchin’ searchin’ lookin’ for that next sound color sound!” Lake’s words astute- ly describe the artistry of Andrew Cyrille and the music that he makes on this record. Unlike his solo albums from the 70’s and 80’s, he has broadened his approach on this remarkable solo statement. Cyrille asserts, “I wanted to have a variety percussion instruments in the compositions. So I was think- ing of melodies that could be played with tambourines, bells, cymbals, crotales, gongs, and mallets.”

Album Credits

Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Russ Musto
Photo: Richard Conde

Compositions by Andrew Cyrille (Major-A-Music Pub, ASCAP) except "Jumping In The Sugar Bowl" by Amina Claudine Myers (Olaya Pub, ASCAP) and "Enter From the East" by John Carter (Ibedon Pub, ASCAP). Recorded January 17, 18, 2022 at Sound On Sound Recording, Montclair, USA, by David Amlen. Mixed May 31, 2022 by David Amlen, Andrew Cyrille and Patrik Landolt. Mastered by Michael Brändli at Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland.

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Anonymous
The New York City Jazz Record

SOLO RECORDINGS

ANDREW CYRILLE – Music Delivery/Percussion (Intakt) -

BRANDON LOPEZ –

vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile (Relative Pitch)

DENNY ZEITLIN – Crazy Rhythm: Exploring George Gershwin (Solo Piano) (Sunnyside) -

KENNY BARRON – The Source (Artwork)

SATOKO FUJII – Torrent (Piano Solo) (Libra)

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Mark Corroto
All About Jazz Blog

If Andrew Cyrille were a painter, he'd be Georges Seurat. If he were a poet, E. E. Cummings; a Tour de France Champion, Jacque Anqutiel; or a writer, Ian McEwan. The above masters are mentioned because Cyrille shares a command of colors, efficiency, grace, and language with his instrument equal to doyens in other disciplines. His solo outing Music Delivery / Percussion is not his first solo drums and percussion disc. He released What About? (BYG Records, 1960) and The Loop (Ictus Records, 1978). Then, there are the evergreen duo recordings with Anthony Braxton Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 1 & 2 (Intakt, 2004). Now in his eighties, Cyrille draws upon his associations with the legends of jazz such as Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, David Murray, Marilyn Crispell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Lyons. The list goes on and on.

These eleven brief compositions were recorded in 2022. Nine originals, plus "Jumping In The Sugar Bowl" by Amina Claudine Myers and "Enter From The East" by John Carter. The Myers piece performed at his drum kit swings a 4/4 pulse with sticks dancing on drumheads, metal frames, and cymbals before chanting the title. Elsewhere, Cyrille dubs hand drumming over his bass drum "La Ibkey (Don't Cry)," mines call and response rhythms on "Water Water Water," and performs on multiple cowbells on "Cowbell Ecstacy." His mallet work on Carter's "Enter From The East" is an elegant cortège, as is "Threading A Needle" featuring some delicate brushwork that sounds like a series of whispered rumors. The final track, "For Girls Dancing" harkens back to the drummer's work with dance choreographers and it is filled with subtle and sly accelerations.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/music-delivery-percussion-andrew-cyrille-intakt-records

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