''Duo Palindrome 2002'', Volumes 1 and 2, is a pair of albums by drummer

Andrew Cyrille Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor, among others. AllMusic biographe ...

and multi-instrumentalist

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. The albums were recorded in October 2002 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and were released by

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in 2004. Cyrille and Braxton first met in 1969 in Paris, where both musicians recorded albums for the BYG Actuel series. Cyrille, who was a member of the

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Unit at the time, recorded his solo percussion album ''

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'' in August of that year, while Braxton, who was in France with Leo Smith and Leroy Jenkins, recorded his album ''

'' in September. Cyrille later appeared on Braxton's 1990 album '' Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh''.

Reception

In a review for ''

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'', 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." 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."

Track listing

Volume 1

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

Volume 2

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

Personnel

– drums *

– reeds

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Andrew Cyrille albums Anthony Braxton albums Intakt Records albums