The Navigator (album)
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The Navigator is an album by American jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille
recorded in 1982 for the Italian Soul Note
label.
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Charles Cyrille 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...
recorded in 1982 for the Italian Soul Note
Black Saint/Soul Note
Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian jazz independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.-History:...
label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "This this is an example of thoughtful, nicely played group improvisation".Track listing
- All compositions by Andrew Cyrille except as indicated
- "Through the Ages Jehovah" (Andrew Cyrille, Leroy Jenkins) - 4:36
- "The Navigator" - 9:46
- "Module" (Cyrille, Ted Daniel) - 3:57
- "Music in Us" - 5:30
- "So That Life Can Endure...P.S. With Love" - 10:04
- "Circumfusion/The Magnificent Bimbo" - 10:46
- Recorded at Cyrille in Milano, Italy on September 21 & 22, 1982
Personnel
- Andrew CyrilleAndrew CyrilleAndrew Charles Cyrille 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...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion - Ted Daniel - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus... - Sonelius Smith - pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Nick Di Geronimo - bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...