Andrew Cyrille

Andrew Cyrille
File:Andrew Cyrille.jpg photo by Shawn Brackbill
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Charles Cyrille
Born	(1939-11-10) November 10, 1939
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, avant-garde jazz, post-bop
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader
Instruments	Drums
Associated acts	Cecil Taylor, David S. Ware, David Murray, Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Carla Bley

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Andrew Cyrille
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career he has performed both as a leader and as a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor amongst others.

Life and career

Cyrille was born on November 10, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York into a Haitian family. 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. His first drum teachers were fellow Brooklyn-based drummers Willie Jones and Lenny McBrowne; through them, Cyrille met Max Roach. Nonetheless, Cyrille became a disciple of Philly Joe Jones, who in some performances such as Time Waits used Cyrille's drum kit.

His first professional engagement was as an accompanist of singer Nellie Lutcher and he had an early recording session with Coleman Hawkins. Trumpeter Ted Curson introduced him to pianist Cecil Taylor when Cyrille was 18.

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. Cyrille is currently a member of the group, Trio 3, with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman.

Discography

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

As sideman

With Geri Allen

• The Printmakers (Minor Music, 1985)

With Ahmed Abdul-Malik

• The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz, 1961)
• Sounds of Africa (New Jazz, 1961)

With Billy Bang

• A Tribute to Stuff Smith (Soul Note, 1992)

With Carla Bley

• European Tour 1977 (ECM, 1978)

With Jean-Paul Bourelly

• Jungle Cowboy (JMT, 1987)

With Anthony Braxton

• Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh (hatArt, 1989)

With Marion Brown

• Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)

With Dave Burrell

• Daybreak (Gazell, 1989)
• Expansion (High Two, 2004)

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

• This Is Walt Dickerson! (New Jazz, 1961)
• Relativity (New Jazz, 1962)
• To My Queen (New Jazz, 1962)
• Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (Dauntless, 1963)
• Walt Dickerson Plays Unity (Audio Fidelity, 1964)
• Tell Us Only the Beautiful Things (Whynot, 1975)
• Peace (SteepleChase,1976)
• Life Rays (Soul Note, 1982)

With Charlie Haden

• Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! Records, 1969)

With Coleman Hawkins

• The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

With Jazz Composer's Orchestra

• The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (ECM Records, 1968)

With Leroy Jenkins

• The Legend of Ai Glatson (Black Saint, 1978)

With Oliver Lake

• Edge-ing (Black Saint, 1993)
• Live in Willisau (Dizim, 1997)
• Encounter (Passin' Thru, 2000)
• Open Ideas (Palmetto, 2002)

With David Murray

• David Murray/James Newton Quintet (DIW Records, 1991)

With Horace Tapscott

• The Dark Tree (hat Art, 1989)
• Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque, 1996)

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)

With Bob Thiele Collective

• Sunrise Sunset (1990)

External links

• Bill McHenry Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard, Recent concert
• Andrew Cyrille at Answers.Com
• Audio Recordings of WCUW Jazz Festivals - Jazz History Database
• The FMP releases
• Portrait of Andrew Cyrille by Dominik Huber / dominikphoto.com
• [1] video with Stefan Roloff