Cecil Taylor
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Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15 or March 25, 1929 in New York City) is an American pianist and poet.
Along with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, he is generally acknowledged as on of the innovators of free jazz. Taylor's music is cited by critics, however, as some of the most challenging in jazz, characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing exceedingly complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. At first listen, his dense and percussive music can be difficult to absorb, and his piano technique has often been likened to drums and percussion rather than to any other pianists, and resembling modern classical music as much as jazz.
Discography
- Jazz Advance, 1956
- The Cecil Taylor Quartet at Newport, 1957
- Looking Ahead!, 1958
- Coltrane Time (identical with Hard Driving Jazz), 1958
- Love for Sale, 1959
- The World of Cecil Taylor (or Air), 1961
- Jumpin' Punkins, 1961
- New York City R&B (with Buell Neidlinger), 1961
- Cell Walk for Celeste, 1961
- Mixed, 1961
- Nefertiti the Beautiful One Has Come, 1962
- Unit Structures, 1966
- Conquistador!, 1966
- Great Paris Concert, vol 1 & 2 (identical with Student Studies), 1966
- Praxis, 1968
- Communications, Jazz Composer's Orchestra
- The Great Concert (identical with Nuits de la Fondation Maeght), 1969
- Indent, 1973
- Akisakila, 1973
- Solo, 1973
- Spring of Two Blue J's, 1973
- Silent Tongues, 1974
- Dark to Themselves, 1976
- Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within), 1976
- Nachricht vom Lande, 1976
- Cecil Taylor & Mary Lou Williams: Embraced, 1977
- Cecil Taylor Unit, 1978
- 3 Phasis, 1978
- Live in the Black Forest, 1978
- One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye, 1978
- Tony Williams: Joy of Flying, 1978
- Cecil Taylor and Max Roach: Historic Concerts, 1979
- Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!, 1980
- It is in the Brewing Luminous, 1980
- Calling it the 8th, 1981
- Garden, 1981
- Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants), 1984
- For Olim, 1986
- Olu Iwa, 1986
- Iwnontonwusi - Live at Sweet Basil, 1986
- Live in Bologna, 1987
- Live in Vienna, 1987
- Chinampas, 1987
- Tzotzil Mummers Tzotzil, 1987
- Erzulie Maketh Scent, 1988
- Pleistozaen mit Wasser, 1988
- Riobec - Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer, 1988
- Leaf Palm Hand, 1988
- Spots, Circles, and Fantasy, 1988
- Regalia - Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens, 1988
- Remembrance, 1988
- The Hearth, 1988
- Riobec, 1988
- Legba Crossing, 1988
- Alms / Tiergarten (Spree), 1988
- In East Berlin, 1988
- In Florescence, 1989
- Looking (Berlin Version) solo, 1989
- Looking (Berlin Version) Corona, 1989
- Looking (The Feel Trio), 1989
- Celebrated Blazons, 1990
- Doubly Holy House, 1990
- Melancholy - Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström, Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Wolfgang Fuchs
- Nailed, 1990
- The Tree of Life, 1991
- Always a Pleasure - Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström, Tristan Honsinger 1993
- The Light of Corona- Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström 1996
- Almeda- Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström 1996
- Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, vol. 1 & 2 - Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström 1998
- Algonquin, 1998
- Incarnation, 1999
- The Willisau Concert, 2000
- Complicité, 2001
- Taylor/Dixon/Oxley, 2002
- Two T's for a Lovely T, 2003
- The Owner of the River Bank, 2004
