About
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 biographer Chris Kelsey wrote: "Few free-jazz drummers play with a tenth of Cyrille's grace and authority. His energy is unflagging, his power absolute, tempered only by an ever-present sense of propriety."
Member of
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Cecil Taylor Unit drums (drum set)
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Air drums (drum set)
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The Group drums (drum set)
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Trio 3 drums (drum set)
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The Mary Lou Williams Collective additional, drums (drum set)
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Andrew Cyrille Quartet eponymous, percussion, drums (drum set)
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The Andrew Cyrille Trio drums (drum set), eponymous
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Andrew Cyrille Quintet drums (drum set), eponymous
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Bambi Pang Pang drums (drum set)
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James Newton Quintet drums (drum set)
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David Murray Power Quartet drums (drum set)
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Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio drums (drum set)
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Cecil Taylor Quartet drums (drum set), timpani
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Andrew Cyrille & Haitian Fascination drums (drum set), eponymous
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Andrew Cyrille & Maono eponymous, percussion, drums (drum set)
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Andrew Cyrille - Richard Teitelbaum Duo eponymous, percussion, drums (drum set), cymbal
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African Love Supreme drums (drum set)
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Future Ancestors percussion, drums (drum set)
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Profound Sound Trio drums (drum set)
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Eric Revis Trio drums (drum set)
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Us Free drums (drum set)
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David Murray Trio drums (drum set)
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Charles Brackeen Quartet drums (drum set)
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Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra additional, percussion
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John Lindberg Ensemble drums (drum set)
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David Murray Black Saint Quartet drums (drum set)
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Geri Allen Trio drums (drum set), timpani, other vocals
Discography
Albums
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What About? Apple Music
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Dialogue of the Drums
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Junction
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The Loop
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Nuba Apple Music
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Special People
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Life Rays
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The Navigator
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Pieces of Time
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Paintings
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Something in Return
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When Silence Pulls
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The Human Factor
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X Man Apple Music
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C/D/E
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When We Were Kings
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Witch’s Scream
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Low Blue Flame
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Optics
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Open Opus
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Femklang
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Duology Apple Music
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City of Asylum
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Syvmileskridt
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Drop Your Plans
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Amorphae
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Song for a New Decade
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Proximity
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Lebroba
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Devotion
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Inside Rhythmic Falls
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The Center Will Hold
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2 Blues for Cecil
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Two Centuries
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Music Delivery / Percussion Apple Music
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Embracing the Unknown
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Breaking the Shell
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Taking Turns
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The Montclair Session
Live
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Evocation
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The Art of Percussion
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Courtepointe: Live at the Sunside
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Clandestine
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Conspiracy a Go Go
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The Contact
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Reflections
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Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 1
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Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 2
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Exhilaration
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Burnt Offering
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Galaxies
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Live at Leverkusener Jazztage
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Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille
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イヒャン
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To Hear the World in a Grain of Sand - World Music: Live at the Donaueschingen Festival
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Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin
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1981-12-18.19, Soundscape, NYC, NY
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2017-09-24, Madison, WI, USA
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Andrew Cyrille at the Music Gallery, Toronto: Oct. 4, ‘86
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Florence, July 2, 1979
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1985-xx-xx, South Street Seaport Museum, NY, NY
Links
Concerts
Also known as
Andrew Charles Cyrille · アンドリュー・シリル
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 880e5e0d-d39d-44bb-b34b-9d12437a64b6
- ISNI
- 000000008011143X
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.