Cecil Taylor - The Historic All-Star Reunion Concert 1985

[@brokenlampshade]

the greatest pianist of all time

[@SZonca]

as always flowing, pulsating, dynamic, somehow tender in this one....

[@ADURG1]

so beautiful...love the extreme dynamics and the vibrant tone colorings...great to hear virtuosity used as a portal instead of a vehicle for exercises. yee haw! thanks for posting!

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

Uno de los últimos pilares de la música más estremecedora que he conocido fue portado el jueves 5 de abril de 2018 a los Campos Elíseos por el carro de fuego que arrancara al mítico Elías. No lo imagino de otro modo. Iker Seisdedos, entre tanto ruido mediático, le rinde un lúcido homenaje en El País que comparto plenamente. «Pocos músicos como Cecil Taylor podían presumir de haber llevado el lenguaje del jazz tan lejos, tanto como hasta rozar la última frontera. Pianista extraordinario, bailarín impetuoso, poeta abstracto e intelectual sarcástico, murió ayer en su ciudad, Nueva York, a los 89 años. Con su marcha, la improvisación libre dice adiós a una de sus leyendas, a uno de los últimos supervivientes de los tiempos heroicos en los que un puñado de intérpretes derribaron las estructuras y ya nunca más volvieron su vista al campo quemado de las convenciones rítmicas y melódicas. Nacido en Nueva York en 1929, Taylor se disputa en los libros de historia con aventureros como Lennie Tristano, Ornette Coleman y Sun Ra la introducción de la atonalidad y la paternidad de aquello que tuvo que bautizarse en los sesenta como free jazz (o new thing ), a falta de un calificativo mejor. El debut del pianista, grabado para el sello de nombre profético Transition, llegó en 1956 en Boston, ciudad a la que se había mudado a principios de esa década. Titulado muy apropiadamente Jazz Advance, se escuchó entonces como el temprano grito de una aguerrida vanguardia. Hoy, a diferencia de mucha de su producción posterior, no apta para espíritus débiles, suena con el aroma de los clásicos» .

[@neuromantoo]

I was lucky enough to see Cecil twice performing solo concerts, and once with The Art Ensemble of Chicago. There needs to be a better word than Iconoclast to describe him.

[@direngrey150]

I have to admit, when i first took my jazz course I could not stand Free Jazz or Cecile Taylor, but having learned about different styles and listening to this track many times, its much easier to listen to and even fun. It takes a practiced and appreciative ear to understand what is happening :)

[@mklambatsea]

How beautifull is this music and the free spirit of this pianist musician Composer Is so sad you cant apreciate

[@AcesMind]

So pretty

[@kingaspking]

I'm so glad i found that live recording!

[@jackdelawack]

as always, brilliant.

[@OnBeingAndNothingnes]

What! this is my favorite piano piece/performance ever, but this clip cuts the last few moments off! A little respect, please, for the performer and his art. Take my word for it, this has a wonderful ending.....

[@khalidnawaz3405]

in the moment and chops aplenty.wow.

[@BruceMontgomeryTV]

Mastery, Power and Authority! Amen.

[@gerardobeltranperez8279]

maravilloso una gran rola

[@BruceMontgomeryTV]

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

[@SensoryOssuary]

Congratulations!

[@postmeback]

"I've had great arguments lately with cats who wish to make all kinds of separation between form, content, and technique, but I tell them that technique isn't anything divorced from the end product. It doesn't matter where your technique comes from or whether it's 'correct' or not. It will be correct if your music is strong." (Cecil Taylor)

[@NorbertHinterberger]

It IS a sound of it's own!

[@7848796]

no one seems to disagree that is a good thing rejoice

[@charlesseiderman29]

He's a mad genius!

[@1foradime]

Regrettably, this makes so much pianomusic ... no longer necessary.

[@britekite]

wow!!!!!

[@CJMarsicanoPA]

You've gotta have mad skills to play like that.

[@stochasticactus]

Where is part 2? It used to be up. Love this, thanks for posting.

[@nakim55]

Makes me laugh, for 50 years people are still debating Cecil. God he has got to be doing something right.

[@ZeyuanZhu]

R.I.P.

[@martinezsuastegui]

does anyone has the "historic concerts" video (Max Roach and Cecil Taylor) duo?

[@DarkeningSkies1]

I have the CD, but not the video.

[@feralsanders]

Who's your gravity Daddy?!💫✨☄

[@ppjjazz]

It seams that he is playing a storm in the ocean

[@lexo30]

Cool. Can I have a recording of your little cousin? Sounds good to me.

[@ishta]

This is actually an "accessible" Cecil piece

[@jameztashnick]

ya, and I'm sure that he was conscious of every note that he was playing as he banged his elbows against the piano keys along side the italian instabile orchestra.

[@charliellorente]

It´s incomplete...

[@scox1000]

dancing protoplasm absorbs

[@IceM0nkey]

What is a "real" scale? You mean the one developed by a white man in Europe? Or one developed by a man in Indonesia? Or India? Or how about a scale developed by an African American man?

[@DannyLHarleEuphoric]

I strongly doubt it.

[@DarkeningSkies1]

What is the "point" of any music? It is an art form that many people enjoy. And if this is as offensive to some as the paint by numbers "Hey the King liked it so let's write more of the same" style of many of the classical composers is to me, don't waste your oh so precious time listening/watching posting on it.

[@u89worlds]

...he takes off his glasses to see the sound...... sometimes the con man is really a shaman. human ferocity is something music often needs and lacks. bring back the howling wind and your wounded heart needs to holler too.

[@bodyofmystery]

yes, and you would know that if you had done any research. he played the shit out of monk for instance. steve lacy named a fucking scale after him.

[@anth1957]

This guy ever just play a nice quiet F***ing Ballad???!!!! Just once would be nice.

[@wordvert7374]

Anthony Dowd He did in the 50's and early 60's..

[@athruzathruz]

it sounds like a nightmare!

[@billypistol]

Very strange indeed!

[@nakim55]

You wish!

[@AdamKromelow]

and the laaaaaaaaaamb....

[@kaitianchen10]

my little cousin plays like that

[@jameztashnick]

does this guy know a single real fucking scale or chord?!?

[@jlevinson6]

I feel like screaming: doesn't anyone notice he plays the exact same thing at every fucking solo so called improvised concert!!!!!! What a scam artist.

[@wordvert7374]

Joshua Levinson you're not listening with you ears perhaps..