Special People (album)

1980 studio album by Andrew Cyrille

Special People

Studio album by

Andrew Cyrille

Released| 1980
Recorded| October 21 & 22, 1980
Genre| Jazz
Length| 36:55
Label| Soul Note
Producer| Giovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Cyrille chronology
| Nuba
(1979)  | Special People
(1980)  | The Navigator
(1982)

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Special People is an album by American jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille, recorded in 1980 for the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
Tom Hull – on the Web| B+[5]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "Pieces like 'High Priest'... represent a significant extension of 1960s radicalism into a more formal and tradition-aware context. In that regard, Daniel is an ideal collaborator."[4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Andrew Cyrille, except where noted

1. "A Girl Named Rainbow" (Ornette Coleman) - 10:10
2. "High Priest" - 7:48
3. "Fortified Nucleolus" - 5:12
4. "Baby Man" (John Stubblefield) - 6:40
5. "Special People" - 7:05

* Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy in October 21 & 22, 1980

## Personnel

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* Andrew Cyrille \- drums, percussion
* Ted Daniel \- trumpet, flugelhorn
* David S. Ware \- tenor saxophone
* Nick DiGeronimo - bass

## References

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1. ^ Soul Note discography accessed June 1, 2011
2. ^ AllMusic Review accessed June 1, 2011
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 54\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. ^ Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 28, 2022.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* What About? (1969)
* Celebration (1975)
* The Loop (1978)
* Metamusicians' Stomp (1978)
* Nuba (with Jeanne Lee and Jimmy Lyons, 1979)
* Special People (1980)
* The Navigator (1982)
* My Friend Louis (1991)
* X Man (1993)
* Ode to the Living Tree (1994)
* Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu (1995)
* Duo Palindrome 2002 (with Anthony Braxton, 2002)
* Low Blue Flame (2005)
* Route de Frères (2005)
* The Declaration of Musical Independence (2014)
* Proximity (with Bill McHenry, 2014)
* Lebroba (2017)
* The News (2019)
* 2 Blues for Cecil (with William Parker and Enrico Rava, 2021)
* Music Delivery/Percussion (2022)

Live albums|

* Dialogue of the Drums (with Milford Graves, 1974)
* Junction (1976)
* Double Clutch (with Richard Teitelbaum, 1981)
* Something in Return (with Jimmy Lyons, 1981)
* Burnt Offering (with Jimmy Lyons, 1982)
* Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin (with Peter Brötzmann, 1982)
* Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (with Irène Schweizer, 1988)
* Galaxies (with Vladimir Tarasov, 1990)
* Opus de Life (with Paul Dunmall and Henry Grimes, 2008)
* Evocation (with Elliott Sharp and Richard Teitelbaum, 2011)

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* Trio 3
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* MusicBrainz release group

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