Special People (album)

Special People is an album by American jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille recorded in 1980 for the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Special People
Studio album by
Andrew Cyrille
Released1980
RecordedOctober 21 & 22, 1980
GenreJazz
Length36:55
LabelSoul Note
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Cyrille chronology
Nuba
(1979)		 Special People
(1980)		 The Navigator
(1982)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[5]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "Pieces like 'High Priest'... represent a significant extension of 1960s radicalism into a more formal and tradition-aware context. In that regard, Daniel is an ideal collaborator."[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Andrew Cyrille, except where noted
  1. "A Girl Named Rainbow" (Ornette Coleman) - 10:10
  2. "High Priest" - 7:48
  3. "Fortified Nucleolus" - 5:12
  4. "Baby Man" (John Stubblefield) - 6:40
  5. "Special People" - 7:05
  • Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy in October 21 & 22, 1980

Personnel

References
  1. Soul Note discography accessed June 1, 2011
  2. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 54. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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