The versatile flutist Cheryl Pyle received her BA in music from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, having received her Associates Degree from Mesa College in 1974. Her teachers included Merrill Jordan, Janet Maestre, Francis Watson, and Jayn Rosenfeld. She took Master Classes with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, James Newton. At Berkeley, she was a member of the school's orchestra, and she possesses an extensive classical solo repertoire. From 1975 to 1976 she served as Musical Director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, and she has performed in orchestras for over half a dozen musical theater productions. From 1977 to 1980 she was on the faculty at Berkeley as its flute teacher in the Jazz Department and taught at the Manchester Music Festival in Vermont in 1993 and 1996.
While at Berkeley, Ms. Pyle was Principal flutist in the University Jazz Ensemble. This group appeared at the Pacific Coast Jazz Festival where they played with such major artists as Sonny Rollins, George Duke, Freddy Hubbard, Hubert Laws, and Joe Henderson. They also performed at the 1976 Concord Jazz Festival. After graduation, she performed extensively in the San Francisco area, where she was a performing member of the Loft Jazz Association. She played with many notable Bay area musicians, including Bishop Norman Williams, Susan Muscarella, Bruce Forman, and Jessica Williams.
Since moving to New York in the fall of 1980, Ms. Pyle has been heard in a variety of settings. She has appeared at such jazz clubs as the Blue Note, Seventh Avenue South, Angry Squire, Cornelia Street Café, CBGB's Art Gallery, St. Peter's Church, Amazonas, Fat Baby's, Bar on A ,ABC NO RIO, CultureFix , Brecht Forum, and Birdland. She was also heard at the Annual Women's Jazz Festival as well as the Mount Vernon Jazz Festival in New York. She is a member of the world flute orchestra and NY Jazz Flutet. Her jazz composition, Dalle Alle, was awarded in 1989 by the Billboard Song Contest, and her lyrics have received numerous poetry awards such as the Gold Poet Award in 1989 for Me, Myself and I and in 1990 for Tropic Painted Dusk Sky. Her lyrics have been recorded by such fine jazz singers as Janis Siegel (of Manhattan Transfer), Roseanna Vitro, Jeri Brown, Judi Silvano and Sheila Jordan. She has performed her solo flute compositions at Kitty Brazelton's Real Music Festival in 1993, continues to compose works for jazz flute. In 1996, she performed in the opera premier of The Other Wiseman by Stephanie de Kennessey with the Golden Fleece Opera company in New York..since recording her first quartet cd in 1997-DALLE ALLE, the jazz group has been playing many jazz clubs and concerts. In 2008 , also 2 performances with Joop Wolters in nyc performing his music at Bar on A and fat babys. in 2009 with the new recording -TIL SOON , she continues to play venues in the nyc area. Some other 2009 recording projects include cds for blood fountains-stephen kasner, altar of oblivion- sinews of anguish with martin sparvath, and the jazz cd , SURREAL in 2010 as well as a cd with paul tauterouff-audio chocolate. in 2011 the new cd INSIDE DIALOGUE was released on the 11th street music label. 2012 recordings include SOUND SCULPTURES -11th street music 2012 -Cheryl Pyle -flute & bass with Max Ridgway -guitar and WONDERFUL TIMES-dewey records/KAZHARGAN- 2012 - Stan Zaslavsky, Hans Peter Salentin, Cheryl Pyle, Max Ridgway, Brian Mitchell Brody, Sean O'Bryan Smith , Tony Cimirosi, Alesandre Zaslavsky and FLOW -Intrinsic Records 2012 - Axel Weiss(guitar), Cheryl Pyle(flute), Oddrun Eikli(vocals), Arne Hiorth(trumpet), Stan Zaslavsky(piano), Sean O'bryan Smith(bass) . Performances in 2012 include playing flute and bass with Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic and live painter Anthony Cerretani , and participating in the Dissident Arts Festival Orchestra in 2012 with Nick Gianni, Quincy Saul , Mossa Bildner, Javier Hernandez-Miyares, Ben Barton, Rocco John Iacavone, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic and John Pietaro, improvsing a live score to the silent film classic , Metropolis. . Performances in 2012 include playing free flute and bass with Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic and live painter Anthony Cerretani , and participating in the Dissident Arts Festival Orchestra in 2012 with Nick Gianni, Quincy Saul , Mossa Bildner, Javier Hernandez-Miyares, Ben Barton, Rocco John Iacavone, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic and John Pietaro, improvsing a live score to the silent film classic , Metropolis.
Ms. Pyle has played with such fine musicians as Mark Cohen, Joe Lovano, Andy LaVerne, Fred Hersch, Mark Soskin, Billy Bang, Danilo Perez, Mike Holober, David Phelps, Chuck Loeb, Tom Harrell, Steve LaSpina, Michael Cochrane, Ron McClure, Sergio Brandao, Billy Hart, Adam Nussbaum, Duduka Fonseca, Charlie Haden. Danny Gottlieb, James Williams, John Abercrombie, Paul Motian, Peter Washington, Arthur kell , Joop Wolters, and Stomu Takeshi. She has recorded on Contemporary and Chesky Records with Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, Danilo Perez, Charlie Haden and Paul Motion. In 1997, Ms. Pyle released her CD’s--Dalle Alle , Til Soon in 2009, SURREAL -2010 INSIDE DIALOGUE & SOUL DUST 2011, and SOUND SCULPTURES 2012 on the 11th Street Music label. Her lyrics have been recorded on Atlantic, Justin Time, Muse and Concord Records. all my original music is copywritten on 11th street music BMI.
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DUO LIVE AT DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY- 11TH Street Music -2013-Cheryl Pyle-flute & Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic-bass
DUO LIVE AT ABC NO RIO - 11TH Street Music -2013-Cheryl Pyle-flute & Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic-bass
COMPOSTION NO 1 FLUTE & BASS DUO LIVE IN NYC - 11TH Street Music -2013-Cheryl Pyle & Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic
9 IMPROVISATIONS FOR 9-live at Sycamore RADIO ZERO. Flute and Bass duo -11th street music - 2013 -Cheryl Pyle & Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic
13 Stories for Flute and Bass duo -11th street music - 2013 -Cheryl Pyle & Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic
FAR OUT - 11th street music -2013 - Cheryl Pyle -flute, bass, poetry
GREEN UNDERWORLD -11th street music- 2013- with Cheryl Pyle -flute & poetry, Max Ridgway -guitar , acoustic bass, and Randall Colbourne drums.
FLOW -Intrinsic Records 2012 - Axel Weiss(guitar), Cheryl Pyle(flute), Oddrun Eikli(vocals), Arne Hiorth(trumpet), Stan Zaslavsky(piano), Sean O'bryan Smith(bass)
BLUE WINDOW - Dewey Records 2012 - Hans Peter Salentin , Kuba Stankiewicz /Piano,Roman Chraniuk/ Bass,Marcin Jahr /Drums,Julia Sawicka/ Vocal with Guests : Cheryl Pyle on Flute / Vocal and Dirk Rumig/ Bassclarinet
SOUND SCULPTURES- 11TH street music - 2012- Cheryl Pyle -flute & bass , Max Ridgway-guitar
WONDERFUL TIMES -dewey records/KAZHARGAN-2012- Piano-: Stan Z (Russia). Trumpet: Hans Peter Salentin (Germany). Flute: Cheryl Pyle (New York). Sax: Brian Mitchell Brody (USA). Guitar: Max Ridgway (USA). NS Double bass: Tony Cimorosi (New York). Electric bass: Sean O'Bryan Smith (USA). Drums & Percussion: Papa Z (Russia).
SOUL DUST-11th street music - 2011 with max ridgway-guitar and acoustic bass , cheryl pyle-flute and electirc bass, and randall colbourne
INSIDE DIALOGUE-11th street music -2011-cheryl pyle -flute and bass, piano with bossbr 600 effects
9 FLUTE DUOS - 11th street music -2011 - cheryl pyle and nick gianni -flutes and improvising
AUDIO CHOCOLATE-paul tauterouff-- 2010- cheryl pyle flute -the journey
SURREAL -11th street music - 2010-cheryl pyle -flute and bass
-cheryl pyle -flute and bass (keyboards, effects & boss br600 drums)
FLOODS-BLOOD FOUNTAINS- utech records-2009- stephen kasner, david beaver, Mat Woods, Cheryl Pyle –flute,and the vocals of Yoshiko Ohara (Bloody Panda).
TIL SOON- Cheryl Pyle Trio-11 street music - 2009 –cheryl pyle –flute and bass with boss br 600 drums
SINEWS OF ANGUISH-Altar of oblivion-shadow kingdom records- 2009-cheryl pyle –flute – a retreat into delusions and sinews of anguish.. w/ martin sparvath, mik mentor, alan Larsen, c norgaard, lars strom
HI MIKE- 2000-cheryl pyle flute - they come down and lambuddy- Guitars/Keyboards-Mike Stand and Johnny Mike, French Horn-Lou Denaro, Bass-JimmySplatt, Drums- ErichMike and SighMik
JAZZ CHILD - Sheila Jordan - High Note -1998. BUFFALO WINGS - Music by T. Harrell, lyrics by C. Pyle................
DALLE ALLE - Cheryl Pyle Quartet - 11 Street Music - 1996. C. Pyle (flute) with David Phelps (guitar), Stephan Crump (bass) and Kirk Driscoll (drums) .............
PASSION DANCE - Roseanna Vitro - Telarc Jazz - 1996 SIMONE - Music by Frank Foster, lyrics by C. Pyle with Ken Werner (piano), Christian McBride (bass )and Elvin Jones (Drums) ..............
HEART STRINGS - Sheila Jordan - Muse Records -1994 out to sea - Music By Tom Harrell, Lyrics by Cheryl Pyle, strings arranged by Alan Broadbent, with Harvie Swartz - bass, Marvin Smitty Smith - drums.........
SOFTLY - Roseanna Vitro - Concord Records - 1993 Song For All Ages - Music by Fred Hersch, Lyrics by Cheryl Pyle, Life I Choose - Music by Tom Harrell, Lvrics by Cheryl Pyle, with Jay Anderson, Tom Rainey, George Coleman, Tim Reis, and Mino Cinelu.............
THE D.T.'S - The D.T.'s - C-4 Productions - 1993. Cheryl Pyle -- Flute on Moonflower, with Rich Kelly, J. P. Harvey, guitars, Dr. Planet - bass, J. Kaplan - drums.............
THE PEACOCKS - Teri Brown - Justin Time Records - 1993 Don't Ask - Music by Fred Hersch, Lyrics by Cheryl Pyle with Kirk Lightsey, Rufus Reid, Wali Muhammad, and Peter Leitch...........
DANCING VOICES - Judi Silvano - J.S.L. Records - 1992 Two Hearts Wonder - Music by Tom Harrell, Lyrics by Cheryl Pyle, with Joe Lovano, Tim Hagens, Salvatore Bonafede, Ken Werner and Scott Lee ............
PASSAGES - Tom Harrell - Chesky Records - 1992, with Joe Lovano - sax, Cheryl Pyle - flute, Danilo Perez - piano, Peter Washington - bass, Paul Motian - drums, Café - percussion.............
MIRAGE - Jeri Brown - Justin Time Records - 1991 Mirage and Child Song - Music by Fred Hersch, Lyrics by Cheryl Pyle...........
VISIONS - Tom Harrell - Contemporary Records - 1991 with Joe Lovano - sax, Cheryl Pyle - flute, Danilo Perez - piano, Charlie Haden - bass and Paul Motian - drums...............
FORM - Tom Harrell - Contemporary Records - 1990. joe Lovano - sax, Cheryl Pyle - flute, Danilo Perez - piano, Charlie Haden - bass, Paul Motian - drums. ................
SAIL AWAY - Tom Harrell - Contemporary Records - 1989. Joe Lovano - sax, Cheryl Pyle - flute, David Liebman - sax, James Williams - piano, Ray Drummond - bass, Adam Nussbaum - drums, John Abercrombie - guitar..........
SHORT STORIES - Janis Siegel - Atlantic Records - 1989. Janis Siegel - voice, Fred Hersch - piano; with lyrics by Cheryl Pyle, A Dance for Me...........
QUARTET - Mili Bermejo - Nuevo Records - 1988. With music by Fred Hersch, lyrics by Cheryl Pyle...........
A NIGHT IN THE LIFE - Santo - Source Records - 1987. Santo - guitar, Billy Bang - violin, Cheryl Pyle - flute...............
A QUIET PLACE - Roseanna Vitro - Skyline Records - 1987. Fred Hersch - piano, Eddie Daniels - sax. Mark Egan - bass, Joey Baron - drums; with lyrics by Cheryl Pyle, A Simple Samba and Mirage.................
FROSTIANA - Randall Thompson Conducts - Bassett Records - 1974. Cheryl Pyle - flute soloist (classical)