Cycles (David Darling album)

Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling, recorded in 1981 and released on ECM the following year.^[1]

Cycles
Studio album by David Darling
Released	1982
Recorded	November 1981
Studio	Talent Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:24
Label	ECM ECM 1219
Producer	Manfred Eicher
David Darling chronology
Journal October (1979) Cycles (1982) Eos (1984)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "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."^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Darling, except as noted.

Side I

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cycle Song"		7:09
2.	"Cycle One: Namaste"	Darling Jan Garbarek Collin Walcott	4:11
3.	"Fly"		9:25

Side II

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ode"		6:55
2.	"Cycle Two: Trio"	Darling Steve Kuhn Walcott	5:30
3.	"Cycle Three: Quintet and Coda"	Arild Andersen Oscar Castro-Neves Darling Kuhn Walcott	7:52
4.	"Jessica's Sunwheel"	Castro-Neves Darling	5:21

Personnel

• David Darling – cello, 8-string electric cello
• Collin Walcott – sitar (1,4,7), tabla (2,5,6), percussion (2)
• Steve Kuhn – piano (except track 2 & 4)
• Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone (3,4,7), soprano saxophone (2)
• Arild Andersen – bass (except tracks 2 & 5)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – guitar (except tracks 1, 3 & 5)