Andrew Cyrille
| Andrew Cyrille | |
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 photo by Shawn Brackbill |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andrew Charles Cyrille |
| Born | November 10, 1939 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Drummer |
| Instruments | drums |
| Associated acts | Cecil Taylor, David S. Ware, David Murray, Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Carla Bley |
Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an avant-garde jazz drummer.
Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York into a family with a mother from Haiti. He began studying science at St. John's University, but was already playing jazz in the evenings and switched his studies to the Juilliard School.[1]
His first professional engagement was as an accompanist of singer Nellie Lutcher and he had an early recording session with Coleman Hawkins.[2] Trumpeter Ted Curson introduced him to pianist Cecil Taylor when Cyrille was 18.[2]
He joined the Cecil Taylor unit in 1964 and stayed for about 10 years and eventually performed drum duos with Milford Graves. In addition to recording as a bandleader, he has recorded and/or performed with musicians such as David Murray, Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Carla Bley, Butch Morris and Reggie Workman among others.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- What About? (BYG Actuel, 1971)
- Junction (Whynot Records, 1976)
- Metamusicians' Stomp (Black Saint, 1978)
- Nuba (Black Saint, 1979)
- Special People (Soul Note, 1980)
- The Navigator (Soul Note, 1982)
- Irène Schweizer/Andrew Cyrille (Intakt, 1988)
- Something in Return (Black Saint, 1991)
- My Friend Louis (DIW/Columbia, 1992)
- X Man (Soul Note, 1993) with James Newton, Anthony Cox)
- Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu (Soul Note) with James Newton, Lisle Atkinson
[edit] As sideman
With Billy Bang
- A Tribute to Stuff Smith (Soul Note, 1992)
With Anthony Braxton
- Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh (hatArt, 1989)
With Carla Bley
- European Tour 1977 (ECM, 1978)
With Marion Brown
- Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)
With Dave Burrell
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 Charlie Haden
With Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With Leroy Jenkins
- The Legend of Ai Glatson (Black Saint, 1978)
With Oliver Lake
- Edge-ing (Black Saint, 1993)
With David Murray
With Horace Tapscott
- The Dark Tree (hat Art, 1989)
With Cecil Taylor
- Unit Structures (Blue Note, 1966)
- Conquistador! (Blue Note, 1966)
- Student Studies (BYG, 1966)
- The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (1969)
- Cecil Taylor Quartet in Europe (Jazz Connoisseur, 1969)
- Akisakila (Trio (Japan), 1973)
- Spring of Two Blue J's (Unit Core, 1973)
- Incarnation (FMP, 1999)
