Duo Palindrome 2002 Explained

Duo Palindrome 2002
Type:	album
Artist:	Andrew Cyrille and Anthony Braxton
Cover:	Duo_Palindrome_Vol_1.jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	October 26, 2002
Studio:	Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Genre:	Free jazz
Label:	Intakt Records CD 088/089
Producer:	Patrik Landolt
Chronology:	Andrew Cyrille
Prev Title:	Double Clutch
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Low Blue Flame
Next Year:	2006

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 .^[7]

Reception

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."^[8]

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."^[9]

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

• Andrew Cyrille – drums
• Anthony Braxton – reeds

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Braxton: Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 1 . Jazz Music Archives . April 1, 2022.
2. Web site: Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Braxton: Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 2 . Jazz Music Archives . April 1, 2022.
3. Web site: Interview with Andrew Cyrille . Panken . Ted . 2003 . Intakt Records . April 1, 2022.
4. Web site: Interview with Anthony Braxton . Panken . Ted . 2003 . Intakt Records . April 1, 2022.
5. Web site: Andrew Cyrille: What About? . Jazz Music Archives . April 1, 2022.
6. Web site: Anthony Braxton: B-X0 NO-47A . Jazz Music Archives . April 1, 2022.
7. Web site: Anthony Braxton: Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989 . Jazz Music Archives . April 1, 2022.
8. Web site: Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome Vol 1 & 2 . Butters . Rex . March 24, 2005 . All About Jazz . April 1, 2022.
9. Web site: Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome Vols 1 & 2 . Bivins . Jason . October 1, 2004 . One Final Note . April 1, 2022.