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Cecil Taylor, Ellington Seattle Concert, Aretha Franklin

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
March 28, 2023
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This week on the Jazz Continuum, we celebrate the birthday of Aretha Franklin with her music and Franklin covers by Philly organist Jimmy McGriff. We'll continue with a musical tribute to Cecil Taylor, one of the most uncompromisingly gifted pianists in jazz history who was born on this day in 1929. We'll be spinning from Taylor's discography, both early works and key, influential recordings. Then, we'll visit the Duke Ellington orchestra performing in Seattle, on this day in 1952, when he showcased his band members as soloists, putting them front and center!

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Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:00
Aretha Franklin "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" from I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Atlantic) 02:00
Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" from I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Solid State) 04:23
Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band "Think" from The Worm (Solid State) 09:43
Cecil Taylor "Azure" from In Transition (Blue Note) 13:58
The Cecil Taylor Quintet "Like Someone In Love" from Stereo Drive (United Artists) 21:33
Cecil Taylor "Bulbs" from Into The Hot The Gil Evans Orchestra (Impulse!) 29:40
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Skin Deep" from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 37:40
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Sultry Serenade" from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 45:14
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Sophisticated Lady" from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 49:05
Cecil Taylor "Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure)" from Unit Structures (Blue Note) 56:02
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Perdido" from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 1:07:40
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Caravan" from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 1:12:18
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "The Hawk Talks/Jam with Sam " from Seattle Concert (RCA Victor) 1:16:31
Cecil Taylor "Abyss (First Movement), Petals & Filaments (Second Movement), Jitney (Third Movement)" from Silent Tongues (Arista Freedom) 1:24:04
Ingrid Laubrock "The Last Quiet Place" from The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic Records) 1:42:55
Charles Rumback "Foglights" from June Holiday (Astral Spirits) 1:51:28
Aretha Franklin "One Step Ahead" from Greatest Hits (CBS) 1:55:46

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