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Cycles (David Darling album)

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Released
  
1982

Cycles (1981)
  
Eos (1984)

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
46:24

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
ECM Records

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Recorded
  
November 1981 Talent Studio, Oslo

Artists
  
David Darling, Jan Garbarek, Steve Kuhn, Arild Andersen, Collin Walcott, Oscar Castro-Neves

Similar
  
David Darling albums, Jazz albums

Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

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".

Track listing

All compositions by David Darling except as indicated.
  1. "Cycle Song" - 7:09
  2. "Cycle One: Namaste" (Darling, Jan Garbarek, Collin Walcott) - 4:11
  3. "Fly" - 9:25
  4. "Ode" - 6:55
  5. "Cycle Two: Trio" (Darling, Steve Kuhn, Walcott) - 5:30
  6. "Cycle Three: Quintet and Coda" (Arild Andersen, Oscar Castro-Neves, Darling, Kuhn, Walcott) - 7:52
  7. "Jessica's Sunwheel" (Castro-Neves, Darling) - 5:21

Personnel

  • David Darling - cello, 8-string electric cello
  • Collin Walcott - sitar, tabla, percussion
  • Steve Kuhn - piano
  • Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Arild Andersen - bass
  • Oscar Castro-Neves - guitar

    • Songs

    1Cycle Song7:10
    2Cycle One: Namasté4:11
    3Fly9:25

    References

    Cycles (David Darling album) Wikipedia
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