Two Centuries (Vinyle LP) / Qasim Naqvi - Wadada Leo Smith - Andrew Cyrille

Description

Side A :
For D.F - The Curve - Spiritual is 150 - Organum - Tympanic
Side B : Bypass Decay - Palaver - Sadden Upbeat - Wraith - Halide - Orion Arm
The album was initiated by Red Hook Records founder Sun Chung (who at the time was Cyrille’s producer for ECM Records) and Naqvi, who remembers; “Sun wanted to talk about a possible album project with Andrew and myself on synthesizers. This was an amazing proposition, as Andrew was one of my first teachers at the New School in the 90’s and I had idolized his playing ever since. To blend his approach on the drums with my own on a modular synthesizer felt like an unprecedented musical opportunity. We also discussed the possibility of a third member and Wadada immediately came to mind. This was especially meaningful because Wadada was also one of my teachers, in the early 2000’s when I was a graduate student at CalArts. Beyond their wisdom as musicians, the idea of creating something with two teachers who bridged the end of one century and the beginning of another felt significant.”