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Cecil Taylor (25 Mar 1929 - 05 Apr 2018)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (3)

Releases (76)

Official

Album

  1. The World of Cecil Taylor 1960
  2. Unit Structures 1966
  3. Conquistador! 1967
  4. Jumpin’ Punkins 1971 aka Cecil Taylor All Stars featuring Buell Neidlinger
  5. The Cecil Taylor Unit 1978
  6. 3 Phasis 1979
  7. Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! 1981
  8. Chinampas 1987
  9. Cell Walk for Celeste 1988
  10. Air 1990
  11. In Florescence 1990
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Album - Live

  1. Live at the Cafe Montmartre 1963
  2. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 1 1971
  3. Innovations 1972
  4. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 2 1972
  5. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 3 1972
  6. Student Studies 1973 The Great Paris Concert
  7. Solo 1973
  8. Indent 1973
  9. Silent Tongues 1975
  10. Air Above Mountains ‹ Buildings Within › 1977
  11. Live in the Black Forest 1979
  12. It Is in the Brewing Luminous 1981
  13. Praxis 1982
  14. Garden 1982
  15. The Eighth 1983
  16. For Olim 1987
  17. Tzotzil / Mummers / Tzotzil 1988
  18. Erzulie Maketh Scent 31 Oct 1989
  19. Looking (Berlin version) Solo 12 Dec 1990
  20. Garden 1 1990
  21. Garden 2 1990
  22. Double Holy House 08 Jun 1993
  23. Olu Iwa 1994
  24. Iwontunwonsi: Live at Sweet Basil 1995
  25. Amewa: Live at Sweet Basil 1995
  26. The Tree of Life 1998
  27. The Willisau Concert 2002
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Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1971 The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
  2. Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come: Live at the Cafe Monmartre 1976
  3. In Berlin ’88 30 Oct 1989
  4. Crossing 1989
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Album - Compilation

  1. In Transition 1975
  2. The Complete Nat Hentoff Sessions 1989 aka The Complete Candid Recordings of Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger
  3. 1960 - 1961 1991
  4. Jazz Masters: 100 ans de Jazz 1997
  5. Concrete Jan 1998
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Cecil Taylor 1992
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live in Münster 10.6.76 1976
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Album - Compilation

  1. 1955-1961 1994
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Relationships (12)

Conductor For

  1. Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble

Founded

  1. Cecil Taylor European Orchestra

Member Of

  1. Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents) original, eponymous, other vocals, piano
  2. Cecil Taylor: The Ensemble original, eponymous, piano
  3. The Cecil Taylor Unit original, eponymous, piano
  4. Cecil Taylor Quartet original, eponymous, piano
  5. Cecil Taylor Dance Project original, eponymous, piano
  6. The Feel Trio original, piano
  7. Cecil Taylor Quintet original, eponymous, piano
  8. Cecil Taylor Ensemble original, eponymous, piano
  9. Cecil Taylor European Orchestra original, eponymous, piano
  10. Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble original, eponymous, other vocals, piano

Recordings by (263)

  1. Air 8:45 (1960) mono
  2. This Nearly Was Mine 10:56 (1960) mono
  3. Port of Call 4:25 (1960) mono
  4. E.B. 9:58 (1960) mono
  5. Lazy Afternoon 14:53 (1960) mono
  6. Port of Call (take 2) 4:20 (1961)
  7. E. B. 9:57 (1961) stereo mix
  8. Call 9:00 (1963) live, 1962-11-23: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  9. Lena 6:58 (1963) live, 1962-11-23: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  10. D Trad, That’s What 21:26 (1963) live, 1962-11-23: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  11. Trance 9:12 (1963) live, 1962-11-23: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  12. Steps 10:19 (1966)
  13. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) 11:05 (1966)
  14. Unit Structure / As of a Now / Section 17:45 (1966)
  15. Tales (8 Whisps) 7:12 (1966)
  16. Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (2nd variation) 8:09 (1966) live, 1962-11-23: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  17. Johnny Come Lately ?:?? (1966) mono
  18. Conquistador 17:57 (1967)
  19. With (Exit) 19:21 (1967)
  20. “Second Act of A” Vol.1 21:25 (1971) live, 1969-07-29: Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
  21. “Second Act of A” Vol.2 18:20 (1971) live, 1969-07-29: Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
  22. “Second Act of A” Vol.3 12:45 (1971) live, 1969-07-29: Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
  23. Jumpin’ Punkins (take 6) 8:12 (1971)
  24. O.P. (take 1) 7:30 (1971)
  25. I Forgot (take 1) 8:28 (1971)
  26. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (take 3) 8:56 (1971)
  27. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (take 1) 10:07 (1972)
  28. Cindy’s Main Mood (take 1) 5:12 (1972)
  29. O.P. (take 2) 9:12 (1972)
  30. Student Studies, Part 1 16:00 (1973) live, 1966-11-30: Paris, France
  31. Student Studies, Part 2 10:59 (1973) live, 1966-11-30: Paris, France
  32. Amplitude 19:45 (1973) live, 1966-11-30: Paris, France
  33. Niggle Feuigle 12:06 (1973) live, 1966-11-30: Paris, France
  34. Choral of Voice (Elesion) 7:20 (1973) live, 1973-05-29: Iino Hall, Chiyoda, Japan
  35. Lono 9:25 (1973) live, 1973-05-29: Iino Hall, Chiyoda, Japan
  36. Asapk in Ame 7:08 (1973) live, 1973-05-29: Iino Hall, Chiyoda, Japan
  37. 1st Layer Part of Indent: 1/2 of First Layer ?:?? (1973) live, 1973-05-29: Iino Hall, Chiyoda, Japan
  38. 1st Layer Part of Indent: 2nd 1/2 of First Layer ?:?? (1973) live, 1973-05-29: Iino Hall, Chiyoda, Japan
  39. Indent 2nd Part, Part 1 21:00 (1973)
  40. Indent 2nd Part, Part 2 23:00 (1973)
  41. Crossing (Fourth Movement) Part One 8:30 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  42. Crossing (Fourth Movement) Part Two 10:00 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  43. Sweet and Lovely 6:37 (1975)
  44. Silent Tongues: Abyss (First Movement) / Petals & Fillaments (Second Movement) / Jitney (Third Movement) 18:06 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  45. Silent Tongues: After All (Fifth Movement) 9:32 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  46. Jitney No. 2 3:32 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  47. After All No. 2 2:30 (1975) live, 1974-07-02: Montreux Jazz Festival 1974, Montreux, Switzerland
  48. Live in Münster 10.6.76 ?:?? (1976)
  49. Indent: Second Layer, Part One 9:50 (1977) live, 1973-03-11: Antioch Theatre, Yellow Springs, OH, USA
  50. Indent: Second Layer, Part Two 3:50 (1977) live, 1973-03-11: Antioch Theatre, Yellow Springs, OH, USA
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Charge ’em Blues 11:07 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  2. Rick Kick Shaw 6:05 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  3. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To 9:17 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  4. Bemsha Swing 7:26 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  5. Azure 7:28 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  6. Song 5:19 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  7. Johnny Come Lately 7:13 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  8. Nona’s Blues 7:40 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  9. Tune 2 10:34 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) piano
  10. Shifting Down 10:39 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  11. Of What 8:18 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  12. Excursion on a Wobbly Rail 9:03 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  13. I Love Paris 5:14 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) piano
  14. Love for Sale 8:16 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) piano
  15. Matie’s Trophies (Motystrophe) 10:16 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  16. Get Out of Town 9:12 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) piano
  17. Little Lees 9:05 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) piano
  18. Little Lees (Louise) 9:07 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  19. Luyah! The Glorious Step 6:26 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  20. Love for Sale 8:15 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) piano
  21. Wallering 5:22 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  22. Like Someone in Love 8:10 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  23. Just Friends 6:14 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  24. I Love Paris 5:13 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) piano
  25. Matystrophe 10:11 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) piano
  26. Double Clutching 8:20 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) piano
  27. African Violets 5:12 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  28. Toll 7:40 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) piano
  29. Get Out of Town 9:14 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) piano
  30. Port of Call (take 2) 4:20 Cecil Taylor (1961) piano
  31. E. B. 9:57 Cecil Taylor (1961) piano
  32. Bulbs 6:52 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) piano
  33. Mixed 10:12 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) piano
  34. Pots 5:46 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) piano
  35. D Trad, That’s What 21:26 Cecil Taylor (1963) piano
  36. Call 9:00 Cecil Taylor (1963) piano
  37. Lena 6:58 Cecil Taylor (1963) piano
  38. Trance 9:12 Cecil Taylor (1963) piano
  39. What’s New 12:11 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) piano
  40. Unit Structure / As of a Now / Section 17:45 Cecil Taylor (1966) bell, piano
  41. Steps 10:19 Cecil Taylor (1966) bell, piano
  42. Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (2nd variation) 8:09 Cecil Taylor (1966) piano
  43. Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come 9:11 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) piano
  44. Lena (second version) 14:21 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) piano
  45. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) 11:05 Cecil Taylor (1966) bell, piano
  46. Tales (8 Whisps) 7:12 Cecil Taylor (1966) bell, piano
  47. With (Exit) 19:21 Cecil Taylor (1967) piano
  48. Conquistador 17:57 Cecil Taylor (1967) piano
  49. Communications #11, Part 1 15:32 The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1968) piano
  50. Communications #9 8:14 The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1968) piano

Credited as (53)

  1. Cecil Taylor
  2. Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor & Elvin Jones
  3. Cecil Taylor & Derek Bailey
  4. Art Ensemble of Chicago with Cecil Taylor
  5. Max Roach and Cecil Taylor
  6. Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer
  7. Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens
  8. Cecil Taylor & Louis Moholo
  9. Cecil Taylor, Buell Neidlinger
  10. Cecil Taylor & Italian Instabile Orchestra
  11. Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Masashi Harada
  12. Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley
  13. Cecil Taylor / Bill Dixon / Tony Oxley
  14. Friedrich Gulda, Ursula Anders, Barre Phillips, John Surman, Cecil Taylor, Stu Martin, Albert Mangelsdorff
  15. Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor
  16. Cecil Taylor with Tristan Honsinger & Evan Parker
  17. Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley
  18. Dewey Redman / Cecil Taylor / Elvin Jones
  19. Cecil Taylor & Elvin Jones
  20. Cecil Taylor - William Parker - Masashi Harada
  21. Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp
  22. Cecil Taylor & Han Bennink
  23. Cecil Taylor / Harald Kimmig / Muneer Abdul Fataah / William Parker / Tony Oxley
  24. Cecil Taylor - Buell Neidlinger
  25. Cecil Taylor/Buell Neidlinger
  26. Cecil Taylor with Tony Oxley
  27. Cecil Taylor All Stars featuring Buell Neidlinger
  28. Cecil Taylor · Solo / Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer
  29. Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger
  30. Gulda – Taylor
  31. Taylor – Phillips – Anders – Gulda / Surman – Phillips – Gulda – Taylor / Mangelsdorff – Taylor / Taylor – Martin
  32. Martin – Mangelsdorff – Phillips – Surman – Gulda – Anders – Taylor
  33. Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley
  34. Cecil Taylor + Pauline Oliveros
  35. Cecil Taylor and Pauline Oliveros
  36. CT.BG.TO Trio
  37. Thurston Moore / Dominic Duval / Jackson Krall / Tom Surgal / Cecil Taylor
  38. Cecil Taylor / Dominic Duval / Jackson Krall
  39. Cecil Taylor with John Coltrane
  40. Cecil Taylor / Buell Neidlinger
  41. Paul Plimley / John Oswald, Marilyn Crispell, Cecil Taylor
  42. Dominic Duval & Cecil Taylor
  43. Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor
  44. Cecil Taylor / Charles Tolliver / Grachan Moncur / Archie Shepp
  45. Art Tatum, John Lewis, Bud Powell, Cecil Taylor, Oscar Peterson
  46. The Gil Evans Orchestra with Cecil Taylor
  47. The George Russell Sextet, Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor
  48. Cecil Taylor-Buell Neidlinger
  49. John Coltrane & Cecil Taylor
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Works (258)

Composed

  1. Looking Into the Universe
  2. Emerging From the Cosmic Exterial
  3. Remembrance
  4. The Great Bear
  5. Snake Charm
  6. Regalia
  7. Duets
  8. Olim
  9. Glossalalia - Part Four
  10. Mirror and Water Gazing
  11. Living
  12. For the Death
  13. For the Rabbit
  14. For the Water Dog
  15. The Question
  16. Bulbs
  17. Taht
  18. Number One
  19. Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell
  20. Cun-Un-Un-Un-An
  21. Winged Serpent
  22. Port of Call
  23. Puuc
  24. T (Beautiful Young'n)
  25. Astar
  26. Ensaslayi
  27. I (Sister Young'n)
  28. Corn In Sun + T (Moon)
  29. The Stele Stolen And Broken Is Reclaimed
  30. N + R (Love Is Friends)
  31. Rocks Sub Amba
  32. Water
  33. Erzulie Maketh Scent
  34. Reinforced Concrete
  35. The Old Canal
  36. Mysteries:Untitled
  37. B + T + C
  38. T ÷ C x B
  39. C x B x T + T
  40. Air
  41. Qu’a Yuba
  42. Desperados
  43. Stylobate 1
  44. Leaf Palm Hand
  45. Chimes
  46. Stylobate 2
  47. The Old Canal
  48. Choral of Voice (Elesion)
  49. Lono
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Lyrics

  1. Tzotzil
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Events (18)

Main Performer At

  1. 26. Jazz Festival Willisau 2000, Day 4
  2. Workshop Freie Musik 1986
  3. Pescara Jazz 1996
  4. Improvised Music II/88
  5. Improvised Music II/88: Parker/Honsinger/Taylor piano
  6. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Derek Bailey piano
  7. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer 1 piano
  8. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Han Bennink piano
  9. AngelicA - Festival Internazionale di Musica 2000 piano
  10. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor/Solo piano
  11. 21st Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival 2003: Dominic Duval & Cecil Taylor piano
  12. Jazzwerkstatt Nr. 7: Another Realbook, Vol. 2 piano
  13. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer 2 piano
  14. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor/Solo piano
  15. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Louis Moholo piano
  16. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens piano
  17. Improvised Music II/88: Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley piano
  18. Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2002

Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.cecil-taylor.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119066904
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/cecil-taylor
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91017365
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bz6ch4
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900311m
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/containsVIAFID/114710560

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Cecil%20Taylor

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/549477

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/195812

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000988386

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852100/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/114710560

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363908

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/104893
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5jtGuhEEDh07yaFfm8qHg7

Bandcamp

  1. https://ceciltaylor.bandcamp.com/

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/1005194

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/0d06bb57-c3b6-4188-9b73-826c41c3e29e

Discography Pages

  1. http://damonshortmusician.com//cecil01.htm
  2. http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mtaylors.html
  3. http://www.bluenote.com/artist/cecil-taylor/