Mark your calendars! Vision Festival returns to Roulette June 11-16, 2019. Arts for Art is honored to announce that drummer Andrew Cyrille will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Opening night, June 11, will feature Mr. Cyrille in performance with artistic collaborators from across his career including Milford Graves, Peter Brötzmann, Wadada Leo Smith, Brandon Ross, and more to be announced.
On Thursday November 15, 2018 we will also host special salon at the 75 Club at Bogardus Mansion, celebrating the announcement of Andrew Cyrille's award, and featuring solo performances by Cyrille and 2018 honoree Dave Burrell. Details below.
On Thursday November 15, 2018 we will also host special salon at the 75 Club at Bogardus Mansion, celebrating the announcement of Andrew Cyrille's award, and featuring solo performances by Cyrille and 2018 honoree Dave Burrell. Details below.
Andrew Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York to Haitian immigrant parents. Cyille’s early exposure to the sounds, rhythms and culture of Haiti and the surrounding confluence of Brooklyn’s diversity greatly influenced his early musical development. Cyrille began pursuing music when he joined the drum and bugle corps in his youth, an opportunity which introduced him to many of the leading drummers of the time, including Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, and Cecil Payne. He studied at Juilliard and the Hartnett schools of music, and quickly forged his own path towards exploring improvised music, playing in groups of varied styles and composition, including Babatunde Olatunji’s Drums of Passion in the early 1960s. Cyrille’s workhorse attitude lead to an introduction to Cecil Taylor through the trumpeter Ted Curson at the age of 18, and he would soon join the Cecil Taylor Unit from 1964 to 1975.
Throughout his career he has committed to investigating the full timbral and melodic quality of the drums, resulting in a series of solo and collaborative percussion albums, including projects with Milford Graves, Rashied Ali, Don Moye, and Kenny Clarke.
He is also heavily indebted to his collaborative work with dancers, claiming that he learned to solo through accompanying dance. Cyrille is highly sought after collaborator for his finesse and wealth of experiences in myriad creative contexts.
Andrew Cyrille is also a seasoned educator and mentor, having worked as artist in residence at Antioch College, and currently on the drum faculty of the New School. Throughout his career he has been awarded with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Cyrille has continued expanding and pushing forward throughout the latest phase of his career. In part of his ongoing effort to incorporate his Haitian background into his music, Cyrille founded the group Haitian Fascination in 2005. His long-standing membership in Trio 3, with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman and his continued work in duos with musicians like Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, and Irène Schweizer show Cyrille's dedication to working with the most critical creative minds and never stop breaking boundaries.
Throughout his career he has committed to investigating the full timbral and melodic quality of the drums, resulting in a series of solo and collaborative percussion albums, including projects with Milford Graves, Rashied Ali, Don Moye, and Kenny Clarke.
He is also heavily indebted to his collaborative work with dancers, claiming that he learned to solo through accompanying dance. Cyrille is highly sought after collaborator for his finesse and wealth of experiences in myriad creative contexts.
Andrew Cyrille is also a seasoned educator and mentor, having worked as artist in residence at Antioch College, and currently on the drum faculty of the New School. Throughout his career he has been awarded with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Cyrille has continued expanding and pushing forward throughout the latest phase of his career. In part of his ongoing effort to incorporate his Haitian background into his music, Cyrille founded the group Haitian Fascination in 2005. His long-standing membership in Trio 3, with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman and his continued work in duos with musicians like Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, and Irène Schweizer show Cyrille's dedication to working with the most critical creative minds and never stop breaking boundaries.
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