Galaxies (album)

Galaxies
Galaxies
Live album by Andrew Cyrille and Vladimir Tarasov
Released	1991
Recorded	1990
Venue	Vancouver; Toronto; Oakland, California
Genre	jazz, percussion music
Label	Music & Arts; CD-672
Andrew Cyrille chronology

Galaxies is a live album by percussionists Andrew Cyrille and Vladimir Tarasov, recorded in 1990 at multiple concerts, and released in 1991 by Music & Arts.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[4]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, and commented: "Galaxies is a dense, detailed album that may well tax the attention of listeners not entirely persuaded of the merits of solo percussion. It should, perhaps, be listened to track-by-track rather than as an uninterrupted whole."^[3]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "This is definitely a recording for very specialized tastes... Although probably pretty impressive to see live, on record much of the musical magic is missing and there are not too many listeners that interested in hearing 56 minutes of drum solos."^[2]

Track listing

"Galaxies & Action V" (Tarasov) – 26:14
"No. 11" (Cyrille) – 11:38
"Summit" (Tarasov) – 5:48
"One Up, One Down" (John Coltrane) – 2:19

Tracks 1 and 2 recorded at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 1990. Track 3 recorded at the 1990 Toronto Jazz Festival. Track 4 recorded at the Koncepts Gallery in Oakland, California in 1990.

Personnel

Andrew Cyrille – drums, percussion
Vladimir Tarasov – drums, percussion

References

^ "Andrew Cyrille: Galaxies (with Vladimir Tarasov". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "Andrew Cyrille & Vladimir Tarasov: Galaxies". AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 253.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 186.

[1] "Andrew Cyrille: Galaxies (with Vladimir Tarasov". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[allmusic-2] Yanow, Scott. "Andrew Cyrille & Vladimir Tarasov: Galaxies". AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 253.

[4] Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 186.

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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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