The_Great_Concert_of_Cecil_Taylor

<i>The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor</i>

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor

1977 live album by Cecil Taylor

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969, and released on the Prestige label in 1977 as a 3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, consisting of three separate LPs in 1971.[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille.

Quick Facts The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor, Live album by Cecil Taylor ...
More information Review scores, Source ...

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow refers to this recording as "a real blowout" and "a major release," and states: "The music is unrelentingly intense and Taylor does not let up for a moment.... listeners new to Taylor's music should investigate his solo piano works first."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Second Act Of A (Part 1)" - 21:17
  2. "Second Act Of A (Part 2)" - 20:51
  3. "Second Act Of A (Part 3)" - 18:08
  4. "Second Act Of A (Part 4)" - 16:11
  5. "Second Act Of A (Part 5)" - 12:45
  6. "Second Act Of A (Part 6)" - 20:38
  • Recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Yanow, Scott. "The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. [3]
    Maurer, E., Discography of Shandar Records accessed October 28, 2015
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article The_Great_Concert_of_Cecil_Taylor, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.