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Andrew Cyrille's album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as "an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying." The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a "late career renaissance" for the drummer.

A force in improvisation for more than sixty years, Cyrille has played across the landscape of jazz from Coleman Hawkins's The Hawk Relaxes to Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures, led his own bands, and worked extensively with Milford Graves, Walt Dickerson, David Murray, Muhal Richard Abrams, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and many, many more. His first ECM appearance was on 1970's Afternoon of a Georgia Faun, Marion Brown's album with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Bennie Maupin and Jeanne Lee. Half a century later Cyrille appeared with his Lebroba trio with Wadada Leo Smith and Bill Frisell at Lincoln Center's 50th birthday tribute to the label.

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  • Andrew Cyrille - The News makes 89.7KLCC - Midnight Passages: Favorite Music of 2021
    Posted At: January 11, 2022 12:00 AM
    Andrew Cyrille - The News makes Doug Anders' Favorite Jazz Recordings of 2021 Andrew Cyrille's album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as "an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying." The New York Times cited...
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  • Andrew Cyrille - The News makes Ian Patterson's Best Albums Of 2021 / All About Jazz
    Posted At: January 3, 2022 12:00 AM
    All About Jazz - Ian Patterson writes……The great musical feast continues unabated, despite everything the world can throw at it. It is the buffet with no horizon. You might get very big eyes surveying all the goodies before you, but you can only consume just so much. This list represents but a personal cross-section of some of those albums that stood out. Making Ian Patterson's Best Albums Of 2021 is Andrew...
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  • Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The News makes Sequenza21: Best of 2021
    Posted At: December 20, 2021 12:00 AM
    Sequenza21's Christian Carey writes…..Andrew Cyrille is now an octogenarian, an age at which many musicians have already retired or are slowing down. Cyrille retains a superlative technique and while his latest quartet outing for ECM, The News, emphasizes interplay and texture over power, it is clear that there is much of that yet remaining in the drummer’s arsenal as well.Cyrille is credited with three of ...
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  • Andrew Cyrille - The News makes glideMAGAZINE '2021s 20 Best Jazz Albums'
    Posted At: December 15, 2021 12:00 AM

    glideMAGAZINE - Jim Hynes writes......2021 was a very creative year as artists, frustrated by the lack of touring due to the pandemic, began to use their downtime productively, learning how to layer in parts remotely, taking advantage of home studios, and, in the end, developing many ambitious projects. The beginning of the year was especially marked by ambient, contemplative albums designed to bring cal...
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  • Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The News makes Treble: best jazz albums of 2021
    Posted At: December 13, 2021 12:00 AM
    Treble's Konstantin Rega writes….In recent years, jazz has consistently been a source of the most thrilling and innovative new sounds, and 2021 was no exception. This year, heralded by a landmark release from a contemporary electronic musician with a saxophone legend, we saw a trend of more atmospheric jazz with electronic elements, but that alone doesn’t tell the story of what was happening in jazz this ye...
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  • Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The News makes popMATTERS: THE 13 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2021
    Posted At: December 10, 2021 12:00 AM
    popMATTERS - Will Layman writes…..Every area of the arts was (and, perhaps, continues to be) dramatically affected by the pandemic. Performances—and therefore income—were curtailed. Recording sessions proceeded but with more rarity and with limitations. The output of recordings that we got this year was lesser than usual, with plenty of records reflecting individual musicians working in isolation or explori...
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  • Andrew Cyrille's 'The News' is a wonderful melange of influences / Winnipeg Free Press
    Posted At: October 7, 2021 12:00 AM

    Andrew Cyrille's album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as "an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying." The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a "late career renaissance" for the drummer...
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  • On 'The News,' Andrew Cyrille Quartet is daringly spacious on sparse material / jazzwise: editor's choice 'best jazz albums for october '
    Posted At: October 5, 2021 12:00 AM

    JAZZWISE: EDITOR'S CHOICE 'BEST JAZZ ALBUMS FOR OCTOBER 2021 Featuring outstanding new albums including; - ANDREW CYRILLE QUARTET – THE NEWS - ECM Andrew Cyrille (d), Bill Frisell (g) David Virelles (p, syn) and Ben Street (b). Rec. 2020 Andrew Cyrille's album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by D...
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  • 'The News' cements Andrew Cyrille's legacy as a premier force in jazz / DOWNBEAT
    Posted At: August 23, 2021 12:00 AM

    Downbeat's Ed Enright writes......Andrew Cyrille continues to produce compelling music with the release of a new quartet outing that further cements his legacy as a premier force in jazz improvisation over a span of some six decades. Now 81, the veteran drummer made a brilliant move in calling upon pianist/synth player David Virelles to assume the role previously occupied by his longtime friend and c...
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  • Andrew Cyrille's 'The News' is a quietly brilliant set / LONDON JAZZ REVIEW
    Posted At: August 20, 2021 12:00 AM

    LONDON JAZZ -  Jon Turney writes......This superb follow up to the great drummer Andrew Cyrille's 2016 quartet release The Declaration of Musical Independence reunites him with bassist Ben Street and Bill Frisell on guitar. The wild card is David Virelles on piano, who brings a welcome, lushly dark sonority to the session. Cyrille plays with a kind of uninhibited restraint. His constantly shifti...
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  • Andrew Cyrille brings 'The News' on 88.3WBGO: Take Five
    Posted At: August 16, 2021 12:00 AM

    WBGO's Nate Chinen writes......Master drummer Andrew Cyrille released his ECM debut as a leader in 2016, when he was 76. That spellbinding album, The Declaration of Musical Independence, featured an intergenerational summit with Bill Frisell on guitar, Richard Teitelbaum on synthesizers and piano and Ben Street on bass. Cyrille had planned to reconvene this personnel in 2019, but Teitelbaum's hea...
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  • Quiet this 'News' may be, it's right up there among ECM 'entrancing understatements' / The Guardian
    Posted At: August 13, 2021 12:00 AM

    The Guardian's John Fordham writes......It would be tempting to say that, at 81, Andrew Cyrille has probably forgotten more than most drummers have ever learned about stretching tempo and creating space for improvisers to thrive in – that is, if it didn't do such a disservice to the Haitian-American master's respect for his fellow players. Over six decades with stars from swing-sax pioneer Cole...
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