Cycles CD

Cellist David Darling, best known at the time for his long stint with Paul Winter's Consort, mostly performs spacy ballads on this ECM release. Teamed up in different combinations (three unaccompanied solos, a duet, two trios and a quintet number) with Collin Walcott (who doubles on sitar and tabla), pianist Steve Kuhn, Jan Garbarek (on tenor and soprano), acoustic guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves and bassist Arild Andersen, 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. ~ Scott Yanow



Recorded at Talent Sound, Oslo, Norway, November 1981.

Personnel: David Darling (acoustic & 8-string electric cellos); Jan Garbarek (soprano & tenor saxophones); Steve Kuhn (piano); Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar); Collin Wolcott (sitar, tabla, percussion); Arild Anderson (bass).