Double Clutch (album)

Double Clutch is a live album by drummer Andrew Cyrille and electronic musician Richard Teitelbaum.

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, and wrote: "Teitelbaum is responsive and highly imaginative, making chill technology sound lively and breathing.

"[2] In an article for Jazz Times, Bill Milkowski called the album a "provocative, adventurous encounter between the intuitive drum master and the remarkable pre-MIDI analog synth pioneer," and commented: "Paired here with the random squeaks, skronks and tweet-twiddle-dee-breeeees of brainiac Teitelbaum's square-wave generator and single-board digital processor, Cyrille reacts instinctively and entirely without clichés on this freely improvised session... No, it ain't swinging.

But for those who can deal with the melding of cold technology and the human spirit, Double Clutch strikes an intriguing chord indeed.

"[4] Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated that the "collaboration comes across essentially as a long Cyrille drum solo joined by Teitelbaum's bizarre electronic sounds.