Metamusicians' Stomp

Metamusicians' Stomp
Studio album by Andrew Cyrille & Maono
Released	1978
Recorded	September 1978
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:24
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giacomo Pellicciotti
Andrew Cyrille chronology
The Loop (1978) Metamusicians' Stomp (1978) Nuba (1979)

Metamusicians' Stomp is an album by American jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille, recorded in 1978 for the Italian Black Saint label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ [6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This intriguing set gives listeners an early glimpse of the great avant-garde tenor saxophonist David Ware, who is well featured with drummer Andrew Cyrille's quartet... This is a stimulating program that is easily recommended". ^[2] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, and wrote that it demonstrates Cyrille's "increasing interest in an Africanized language for jazz..." They stated that what the album seems to suggest is that "the further jazz goes back towards its point of ancestral departure, the more completely it is itself." ^[4]

Nate Chinen, writing for The New York Times , called it an "earthy and exploratory album, featuring a captivating young tenor saxophonist, David S. Ware, alongside the slashing trumpeter Ted Daniel." ^[7] In an article for the Akbank Sanat web site, Cem Kayiran commented: "With its rich rhythmical structures and highlighting of every song with a different feeling, Metamusicians' Stomp is an album that every free jazz fan can happily get lost in." ^[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Cyrille except as indicated

1. "Metamusicians' Stomp" - 6:41
2. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) - 7:05
3. "5-4-3-2" - 4:54
4. "Spiegelgasse 14: Reflections + Restaurants/The Park/Flight" - 21:44

• Recorded at Ricordi Studios in Milano, Italy in September 1978

Personnel

• Andrew Cyrille - drums, percussion, foot
• Ted Daniel - trumpet, flugelhorn, wood flute, foot
• David S. Ware - flute, tenor saxophone, foot
• Nick DiGeronimo - bass, foot

References

1. Black Saint discography accessed June 1, 2011
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 1, 2011
3. Lange, Art (February 1980). "Andrew Cyrille and Maono: Metamusicians' Stomp". DownBeat . Vol. 47, no. 2. p. 35.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 54. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
6. Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
7. Chinen, Nate (October 17, 2016). "Andrew Cyrille's Late-Career Renaissance". The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
8. Kayiran, Cem (June 14, 2017). "Ten 40-year-old Jazz Albums". Akbank Sanat. Retrieved February 1, 2022.