Duo Palindrome 2002

Duo Palindrome 2002
Studio album by
Andrew Cyrille and Anthony Braxton
Released2004
RecordedOctober 26, 2002
StudioWesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
GenreFree jazz
LabelIntakt Records
CD 088/089
ProducerPatrik Landolt
Andrew Cyrille chronology
Double Clutch
(1997) 		Duo Palindrome 2002
(2004) 		Low Blue Flame
(2006)
Volume Two cover

Duo Palindrome 2002, Volumes 1 and 2, is a pair of albums by drummer Andrew Cyrille and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton. The albums were recorded in October 2002 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and were released by Intakt Records in 2004.[1][2]

Cyrille and Braxton first met in 1969 in Paris, where both musicians recorded albums for the BYG Actuel series.[3][4] Cyrille, who was a member of the Cecil Taylor Unit at the time, recorded his solo percussion album What About? in August of that year,[5] while Braxton, who was in France with Leo Smith and Leroy Jenkins, recorded his album Anthony Braxton in September.[6] Cyrille later appeared on Braxton's 1990 album Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[8]

In a review for All About Jazz, Rex Butters wrote: "Original compositions, spontaneous improvisations, and a couple of oldies provide the maps for these two fearless explorers. As one expects, they overwhelm any notion of 'reeds and drums,' ready to play interdimensional or romantic at the drop of a hidden cue... The veteran improvisers make the most of their delayed confrontation. Braxton and Cyrille share their decades of musical innovation with each other and fortunate listeners."[9]

Jason Bivins, writing for One Final Note, called the albums "robust, intelligent, and filled with the very ease and warmth that so many haters have long professed absent from Mr. Braxton's music." He commented: "these performances are filled with surprise and familiarity, toughness and whimsy, focus and erring... it's confirmation that both Braxton and Cyrille are still playing fine, provocative music."[10]

Track listing

Volume 1

  1. "Duo Palindrome 2002" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 4:34
  2. "The Loop" (Cyrille) – 5:39
  3. "Interlacing" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 4:35
  4. "Celestial Gravity" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 2:48
  5. "Quickened Spirits" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 4:50
  6. "Effluence" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 4:24
  7. "Composition No. 310" (Braxton) – 11:46
  8. "Ascendancy" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 11:36

Volume 2

  1. "Water, Water, Water" (Cyrille) – 5:28
  2. "Dreams Alive ... Concretize" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 4:28
  3. "Excerpt From The Navigator" (Cyrille) – 4:55
  4. "Sound Relations" (Cyrille/Braxton) – 9:13
  5. "Composition No 311" (Braxton) – 10:15
  6. "Dr. Licks" (Cyrille) – 7:30
  7. "A Musical Sense Of Life" (Braxton) – 6:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Braxton: Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 1". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Braxton: Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 2". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. ^ Panken, Ted (2003). "Interview with Andrew Cyrille". Intakt Records. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Panken, Ted (2003). "Interview with Anthony Braxton". Intakt Records. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Andrew Cyrille: What About?". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Anthony Braxton: B-X0 NO-47A". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Anthony Braxton: Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 325.
  9. ^ Butters, Rex (March 24, 2005). "Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome Vol 1 & 2". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  10. ^ Bivins, Jason (October 1, 2004). "Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome Vols 1 & 2". One Final Note. Retrieved April 1, 2022.