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- Date Released: November 23, 1962
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde
- Label: Revenant Records / Koch Dist.
Crap piano + bad recording + one genius = pure gold.
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We Say...
Cecil Taylor is known for his percussive, frequently atonal piano playing. But on this album, some of the atonal stuff isn't by choice: Taylor is playing what can kindly be called a crap upright piano. The recording quality is dodgy, too, but no matter. If anyone can overcome an out-of-tune keyboard and rinky-dink sound to create an all-time classic recording it's Taylor, a magus of the 88s. This trio date documents an entire evening in Paris when Taylor, Jimmy Lyons (whose alto sax lines were still tied to bop) and Sunny Murray (the first free-jazz drummer) were breaking away from tradition and defining the avant garde. On this night, the Beautiful One truly did arrive.
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They Say...
This double-LP is the only recording that exists of Cecil Taylor and his group (other than two songs on the bootleg Ingo label) during 1962-1965. Taylor's then-new altoist Jimmy Lyons (who occasionally hints at Charlie Parker) and the first truly "free" drummer Sunny Murray join the avant-garde pianist in some stunning trio performances recorded live at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen. With the exception of an interesting version of "What's New" (which finds Lyons showing off his roots), the music is comprised entirely of Taylor originals and is atonal and full of power.
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| 01. |  |
Trance |
9:12 |  |
| 02. | |
Call |
9:00 | |
| 03. | |
Lena |
6:58 | |
| 04. | |
D Trad, That's What |
21:26 | |
| 05. | |
Untitled 1 |
1:02 | |
| 06. | |
Untitled 2 |
6:37 | |
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06 Total Tracks, 54:15 Total Length
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| 01. | |
What's New? |
12:11 | |
| 02. | |
Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come |
9:11 | |
| 03. | |
Lena [Second Version] |
14:21 | |
| 04. | |
Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come |
8:07 | |
| 05. | |
Untitled 1 |
1:02 | |
| 06. | |
Untitled 2 |
20:08 | |
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06 Total Tracks, 65:00 Total Length
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Credits
- Jimmy Lyons - Sax (Alto) // Sunny Murray - Drums // Cecil Taylor - Piano // Cecil Taylor - Piano // Cecil Taylor - Main Performer // Cecil Taylor - Main Performer // Alan Bates - Producer // Scott Colburn - Mastering // Jeff Hunt - Design // Susan Archie - Layout Design
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