Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu

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Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu
Cyrille Good to Go.jpg
Studio album by
Andrew Cyrille
Released1997
RecordedOctober 17 and 18, 1995
StudioMu Rec Studio, Milan, Italy
Genre Jazz
Label Soul Note
121292-2
Producer Flavio Bonandrini
Andrew Cyrille chronology
Ode to the Living Tree
(1995)		Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu
(1997)		 Double Clutch
(1997)

Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu is an album by drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded in October 1995 at Mu Rec Studio, Milan, Italy, and was released by Soul Note in 1997. [1] On the album, Cyrille is joined by flutist James Newton and bassist Lisle Atkinson. "Bu" was Art Blakey's nickname, and was derived from Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, the name he adopted after converting to Islam. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Tom Hull – on the Web A− [4]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "an intriguing set," and wrote: "Due to the variety of the material (mostly originals) and the consistent brilliance of Newton, this CD is recommended to fans of advanced jazz." [1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 stars, and stated: "The set is bracketed by two takes of Cyrille's brilliant impersonation of Art Blakey in excelsis. They and the other title-piece are essays in freedom and responsiveness." [3]

Amiri Baraka commented: "With James Newton on flute and Lisle Atkinson on bass, one does get the expected subtlety, measured color, and intimacy that that orchestration would predict. Certainly, Newton's introspective 'Oblong' speaks from this context very movingly. A deep lingering touching piece. But that is not nearly the whole story. Lisle Atkinson's emphatic bass voice makes certain of this. Atkinson, a highly respected, widely sought-after, and constantly gigging yeoman at the other rhythm post, not only powerfully and dynamically paddles this furthership, but allows Cyrille to circle back and forth inside the main flow without the least loss of drive." [5] He concluded: "This album, with its modest construct yet powerful presence, is a gem! It will be a real find for the humble stumbler, but actually a confirmation of just how musically important and gratifying Andrew Cyrille is and has been, for a while now! And his friends, James Newton and Lisle Atkinson, don't leave them out. They contribute with equal persona to this wonderful effort. This is the kind of album you like to pull your friends' coats to, so they’ll know you know." [6]

Track listing

  1. "A Tribute to Bu (Take 1)" (Cyrille) - 5:32
  2. "Oblong" (Newton) - 6:17
  3. "Enter from the East" (John Carter) - 8:34
  4. "Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser) - 7:25
  5. "Nicodemus" (Andrew Hill) - 4:01
  6. "Aftermath" (John B. Gordon) - 7:09
  7. "Hit It" (Atkinson) - 3:45
  8. "Olmecas (Dedicated to Ivan Van Sertima)" (Newton) - 7:43
  9. "Good to Go" (Cyrille) - 4:43
  10. "Fate" (Cyrille) - 6:42
  11. "A Tribute to Bu (Take 2)" (Cyrille) - 5:50

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Andrew Cyrille Trio: Good to Go, With a Tribute to Bu". AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ↑ Discover Jazz. "Art Blakey: 10 Of The Jazz Drummer's Best Albums". JazzFuel. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 307.
  4. ↑ Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ Baraka, Ian (2009). Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music. University of California Press. p. 319.
  6. ↑ Baraka, Ian (2009). Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music. University of California Press. p. 320.
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