Cycles (David Darling album)
1982 studio album by David Darling
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Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling, recorded in 1981 and released on ECM the following year.[1]
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | November 1981 | |||
| Studio | Talent Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:24 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1219 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds. However, the sleepy mood is very much in the stereotypical ECM mold, making this set mostly of interest for selected tastes."[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by David Darling, except as noted.
Side I No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Cycle Song" 7:09 2. "Cycle One: Namaste" - Darling
- Jan Garbarek
- Collin Walcott
4:11 3. "Fly" 9:25 Side II No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Ode" 6:55 2. "Cycle Two: Trio" - Darling
- Steve Kuhn
- Walcott
5:30 3. "Cycle Three: Quintet and Coda" - Arild Andersen
- Oscar Castro-Neves
- Darling
- Kuhn
- Walcott
7:52 4. "Jessica's Sunwheel" - Castro-Neves
- Darling
5:21
Personnel
- David Darling – cello, 8-string electric cello
- Collin Walcott – sitar (1,4,7), tabla (2,5,6), percussion (2)
- Steve Kuhn – piano (except track 2 & 4)
- Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone (3,4,7), soprano saxophone (2)
- Arild Andersen – bass (except tracks 2 & 5)
- Oscar Castro-Neves – guitar (except tracks 1, 3 & 5)
