Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Cecil Taylor




Artist:  Cecil Taylor

Birth Name:  Cecil Percival Taylor

Born:  March 25, 1929.  Long Island City, New York, USA

Died:  April 5, 2018 (Aged 89).  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Improviser, Poet

Instruments:  Piano


Cecil Taylor was an American Musician and Pianist.  He was one of the pioneers of Free Jazz.  He has been referred to as being like Art Tatum with contemporary-classical leanings.



 


















Title:  Unit Structures (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side 1:


 1.  Steps (10:20)

 2.  Enter, Evening (11:06)


Side 2:


 1.  Unit Structure/As Of A Now/Section (17:47)

 2.  Tales (8 Whisps) (7:14)


Personnel:


Cecil Taylor:  Piano, Bells

Eddie Gale:  Trumpet

Jimmy Lyons:  Alto Saxophone

Ken McIntyre:  Alto Saxophone, Oboe , Bass Clarinet

Henry Grimes:  Double Bass

Alan Silva:  Double Bass

Andrew Cyrille:  Drums


Unit Structures is an album by Cecil Taylor, originally released on October 1966 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 18, 2023 by Blue Note.  Audiophile Vinyl 180 Gram.







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