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Cecil Taylor: The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert
ByWith five years of academia behind him (he was a visiting professor at Antioch College and University of Wisconsin-Madison) and only one missive, the solo challenge Indent (Unit Core, 1973) Taylor had to be, as the kids say nowadays, freakin' jacked! Jacked to the max he was.
"Autumn/Parade" is impenetrable, hypnotic, impossible to hold, but never look away. Never turn a blind ear to its chaotic perplexities or pass lurid judgement on its more accessible moments. Taylor is unhinged and that can only mean the world will be a much different place when he is done. Be that change for the better or worse was up to the listeners in '73 and is up to listeners in '22.
Long before this gig, Taylor had proved himself his own one man army. Adding Lyons, Cyrille, and Sirone makes "Autumn/Parade" unstoppable, a frenetic, riotous, visionary invention gratefully, gleefully heard here completely for the first time. And it sounds awesome too. Included is the often romantic, often tumultuous second set "Spring of Two Blue-J's" which was previously released on Spring of Two Blue-J's (Unit Core, 1974). Digital release only.
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Autumn/Parade; Spring of Two Blue J's.
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Title: The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Oblivion Records
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Cecil Taylor - The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert
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