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3 Phasis

1978 studio album by Cecil Taylor

3 Phasis is an album by Cecil Taylor, recorded in April 1978 and released on the New World label. The album features three performances by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, and Ronald Shannon Jackson. The album was recorded during the same sessions that produced the Cecil Taylor Unit.[1]

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The New York Times wrote that the album "is an essential recording because, like all great jazzmen, Mr. Taylor reiterates his blues roots on the second side with a rent-party vamp that inspires Jimmy Lyons and the ensemble to a powerhouse celebration of New Orleans in a new context."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "3 Phasis" – 57:12
    • Recorded in April 1978

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    New World Records album details Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 July 2009
  2. [2]
    AllMusic Review
  3. [3]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. [4]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 190. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. [5]
    Crouch, Stanley (8 June 1980). "Cecil Taylor's Pianistic Fireworks". The New York Times. p. A20.
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