Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor (born in New York March 15, 1930) is a pianist and poet now generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with the better known Ornette Coleman). His first recording Jazz Advance was released in 1956, and is described by Cook & Morton in the Penguin Guide to Jazz: "While there are still many nods

Selected Discography

Jazz Advance, 1956

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The Cecil Taylor Quartet at Newport, 1957

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Looking Ahead!, 1958

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Coltrane Time (identical with: "Hard Driving Jazz"), 1958

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Love for Sale, 1959

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The World of Cecil Taylor, 1960

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Air, 1961

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Jumpin' Punkins, 1961

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New York City R&B, 1961

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Cell Walk for Celeste, 1961

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Mixed, 1961

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Nefertiti, the beautiful one has come, 1962

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Trance, 1962

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Unit Structures, 1966

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Conquistador!, 1966

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Great Paris Concert , vol 1 & 2 (identical with: "Student Studies"), 1966

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Praxis, 1968

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The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (with Michael Mantler and others), 1968

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The Great Concert (identical with: "Nuits de la Fondation Maeght"), 1969

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Indent, 1973

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Akisakila, 1973

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Solo, 1973

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Spring of Two Blue J's, 1973

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Silent Tongues, 1974

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Dark to Themselves, 1976

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Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within), 1976

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Nachricht vom Lande, 1976

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Cecil Taylor & Mary Lou Williams: Embraced, 1977

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Cecil Taylor Unit, 1978

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3 Phasis, 1978

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Live in the Black Forest, 1978

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One Two Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye, 1978

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Tony Williams: Joy of Flying, 1978

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Cecil Taylor and Max Roach: Historic Concert, 1979

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Fly! Fly! Fly!, 1980

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Is it the Brewing Luminous, 1980

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Calling it the 8th, 1981

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Garden, 1981

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Winged Serpent, 1984

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Cecil Taylor Segments II / Orcestra of two Continents, 1984

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For Olim, 1986

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Olu Iwa, 1986

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Iwnontonwusi - Live at Sweet Basil, 1986

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Live in Bologna, 1987

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Live in Vienna, 1987

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Chinampas, 1987

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Tzotzil Mummers Tzotzil, 1987

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Erzulie Maketh Scent, 1988

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Pleistozaen mit Wassser, 1988

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Riobec - Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer, 1988

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Leaf Palm Hand, 1988

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Spots Circles and Fantasy, 1988

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Regalia - Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens, 1988

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Rememberance, 1988

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The Hearth, 1988

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Riobec, 1988

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Legba Crossing, 1988

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Alms / Tiergarten (Spree), 1988

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In East Berlin, 1988

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In Florescene, NY, 1989

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Looking (Berlin Version) solo, 1989

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Looking (Berlin Version), 1989

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Looking (The Feel Trio), 1989

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Celerated Blazons, 1990

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Doubly Holy House, 1990

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Melancholy, 1990

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The Tree of Live, 1991

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Always a Pleasure, 1993

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Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, vol. 1 & 2, 1998

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The Willisau Concert, 2000

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