Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

Born: 10 November 1939
Brooklyn
Country: United States
Record labels: ECM Records, DIW Records, CIMP, BYG Records, Intakt Records
Discography: 31 albums

Biography

Andrew Cyrille is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Andrew Cyrille was born on 10 November 1939 in Brooklyn. The music is usually filed under jazz and avant-garde jazz. Record labels: ECM Records, DIW Records, CIMP and BYG Records. The discography here lists 31 albums, from “What About?” (1969) to “Music Delivery / Percussion” (2023). Honours include Guggenheim Fellowship.

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 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."

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Discography

Studio and live albums

What About? 1969 · BYG Records Dialogue of the Drums 1974 · IPS Junction 1977 · Trio The Loop 1978 · Ictus Records Nuba 1979 · Black Saint Special People 1981 · Soul Note Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin 1983 · Live · FMP The Navigator 1983 · Soul Note

To Hear the World in a Grain of Sand - World Music: Live at the Donaueschingen Festival 1986 · Live

Paintings 1987

イヒャン 1989 · Live

Galaxies 1991 · Live

X Man 1994 · Soul Note C/D/E 2000 · PAO Records

Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 1 2004 · Live

Low Blue Flame 2006 · TUM Records

The Contact 2007 · Live

Clandestine 2008 · Live

Duology 2012 · jazzwerkstatt

Drop Your Plans 2015

Proximity 2016 · Sunnyside Communications Lebroba 2018 · ECM Records

The Center Will Hold 2020

2 Blues for Cecil 2022 · TUM Records

Evocation 2022 · Live

Music Delivery / Percussion 2023 · Intakt Records

1981-12-18.19, Soundscape, NYC, NY · Live

1985-xx-xx, South Street Seaport Museum, NY, NY · Live

2017-09-24, Madison, WI, USA · Live

Andrew Cyrille at the Music Gallery, Toronto: Oct. 4, ‘86 · Live

Florence, July 2, 1979 · Live

Also plays on

Albums where Andrew Cyrille is credited as a sideman

1961	The Hawk Relaxes — Coleman Hawkins	drums (drum set)
1966	Unit Structures — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
1967	Conquistador! — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
1970	Liberation Music Orchestra — Charlie Haden	drums (drum set), percussion
1970	Afternoon of a Georgia Faun — Marion Brown	percussion
1971	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 1 — Cecil Taylor	membranophone, drums (drum set)
1972	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 3 — Cecil Taylor	membranophone, drums (drum set)
1972	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 2 — Cecil Taylor	membranophone, drums (drum set)
1973	Student Studies — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
1980	Mama and Daddy — Muhal Richard Abrams	percussion
1980	3D Family — David Murray	percussion
1984	Pieces of Time — Kenny Clarke, Andrew Cyrille, Milford Graves & Famoudou Don Moye	drums (drum set), crotales, foot stomps, shakers, talking drum, whistle
1990	Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 — Anthony Braxton	drums (drum set)
1991	Shakill’s Warrior — David Murray	drums (drum set)
1993	Jazzosaurus Rex — David Murray	drums (drum set)
1994	Saxmen — David Murray	membranophone
2004	Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 2 — Anthony Braxton – Andrew Cyrille	mastering, drums (drum set), mix
2006	Witch’s Scream — John Tchicai, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille	drums (drum set)
2009	Piano Solo at Town Hall 1971 — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
2019	Devotion — Dave Douglas \| Uri Caine \| Andrew Cyrille	drums (drum set), percussion
2022	The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at The Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973 — Cecil Taylor	percussion
2024	Breaking the Shell — Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille & Kit Downes	drums (drum set)