Search results for "Cecil Taylor"
Cecil Taylor: E.B. (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 03, 09Cecil back when he swung … well, not exactly, although bassist Buell Niedlinger and drummer Dennis Charles kick into ...
Cecil Taylor: Idut (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music May 28, 09This nearly 15-minute-long track is performed by the Unit featuring longtime Taylor confrere Jimmy Lyons on alto sa...
Cecil Taylor: Lazy Afternoon (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 22, 07Philadelphia-born tenor saxophonist Shepp was a newcomer to the band at the time of this recording, Taylor’s first fo...
Cecil Taylor: Song (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 22, 07Cecil Taylor’s 1956 debut for the Transition label was indeed a Jazz Advance, but didn’t yet mark the arrival of...
Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 09, 07This music is not for the fainthearted. Taylor attacks the keyboard with such force that I'm surprised a few strings...
Cecil Taylor: Tales (8 Whisps) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 23, 08This closing track from Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures LP is the most fully realized piano performance he had recorde...
Cecil Taylor: Steps (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 22, 07With the exception of three tracks for Gil Evans’ Into The Hot album, Taylor’s 1966 Blue Note sessions were the piani...
Albert Ayler: Four (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 19, 09"Four" isn't the Miles Davis tune, but a 20-minute-long collective improvisation by pianist Cecil Taylor's trio wit...
Muhal Richard Abrams: C.C.'s World (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08Upon first listening to this, one might think it was a beautiful improvisation. Muhal improvises on the melody for th...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS TRACKS
Asked to select a musician to analyze for the “Musician Dozens” column, pianist Jason Moran did not hesitate to c...
John Coltrane: Route 4 (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 05, 08Among the many innovative technological failures of the mid- and late 1950s, the 16-rpm phonograph record stands as t...
Taylor, Cecil posted in Encyclopedia May 23, 08One of the founding fathers of avant-garde jazz, pianist Cecil Taylor redefined the role of the piano via the free j...
Bynum, Taylor Ho (Franklin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bynum, Taylor Ho (Franklin), cornet; b. Baltimore, Maryland, 22 August 1975. His parents Pauline Ho Bynum (b. China 1...
Lyons, Jimmy posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09Alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons took Charlie Parker's innovations and ran with them into free jazz, where he developed h...
Sirone (Norris Sirone Jones) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09Bassist Sirone’s expressive lyricism, formidable tone and exemplary technique highlight the importance of musiciansh...
Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey), guitarist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 21 August 1968. A year after he was born, ...
Where Did Our Revolution Go? Free Jazz Turns Fifty posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 25, 08PART ONE (OF THREE PARTS) The highlight of the Portland Jazz Festival, which concluded its ten days of music-makin...
Grimes, HenryAlonzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Grimes, Henry Alonzo, bassist, violinist, poet, educator, b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 November 1935. His twin brothe...
Lacy, Steve (Steven Norman Lackritz) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy’s curiosity and ability took him from Dixieland through bebop into the avant-garde and...
Jazz Dialogue: Gary Giddins in Conversation with Loren Schoenberg (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews May 20, 08Noted jazz critic Gary Giddins recently engaged in a free-wheeling public discussion of jazz matters, current and h...
Levin, Elliott (Shalom) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levin, Elliott (Shalom), flutes, saxophones; b. (Philadelphia, PA, 23 October 1953. His father was Leon Lewis Levin, ...
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