Andrew Cyrille

Jazz Album Reviews: New Sets of Previously Unreleased Music — Art Tatum, Yusef Lateef, and Others

April 23, 2024
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These four sets are among five new collections of previously-unreleased music that provide crisp snapshots of renowned jazz performers in the second half of the twentieth century and precious documents of great originals in their prime.

Jazz Album Review: Pianist Cecil Taylor — Lightning in a Piano

February 9, 2022
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“When you play with authority, then that’s what the music is about, like ooooh baby, and sing it.” — Cecil Taylor

Jazz Album Review: “2 Blues for Cecil” — Beautifully Out of the Box

January 1, 2022
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The trio shares Cecil Taylor’s love of rational freedom and adventure, but it doesn’t try to reproduce the pianist’s rip-roaring intensity.

Jazz Album/Concert Review: Saxophonist Joe Lovano — x 2

July 5, 2020
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No matter his musical surroundings, there is never any doubt that it is Joe Lovano you are hearing.

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