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Cecil Taylor

Born: March 25, 1929

"One of my wishes has been realized. I found love. It was difficult, but I found it. Because when Billy Holiday sang, 'You don‘t know what love is,' great singers will tell you… it‘s a partnership. It‘s a sharing." —Cecil Taylor

"Practice, to be studious at the instrument, as well as looking at a bridge, or dancing, or writing a poem, or reading, or attempting to make your home more beautiful. What goes into an improvisation is what goes into one's preparation, then allowing the prepared senses to execute at the highest level devoid of psychological or logical interference. You ask, without logic, where does the form come from? It seems something that may be forgotten is that as we begin our day and proceed through it there is a form in existence that we create out of, that the day and night itself is for. And what we choose to vary in the daily routine provides in itself the fresh building blocks to construct a living form which is easily translated into a specific act of making a musical composition." - Cecil Taylor

Flashing Spirits

By Cecil Taylor

Label: Burning Ambulance Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Flashing Spirits; Encore 1; Encore 2 (Stone).

Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts

By Cecil Taylor

Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1:

Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Evening Set Version; Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 1.

CD 2:

Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 2.

At Iridium 2004

By Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane

Label: Burning Ambulance Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: March 23, 2004 (Set 1); March 23, 2004 (Set 2); March 24, 2004 (Set 1); March 24, 2004 (Set 2); March 25, 2004 (Set 1); March 25, 2004 (Set 2); March 26, 2004 (Set 1); March 26, 2004 (Set 2); March 26, 2004 (Set 3); March 27, 2004 (Set 1); March 27, 2004 (Set 2); March 27, 2004 (Set 3); March 28, 2004 (Set 1); March 28, 2004 (Set 2).

Albert Ayler Quartet: Reference: Albert Ayler Quartet Goin' Home 1964

by Mark Corroto
October 12, 2026

On February 24, 1964, Albert Ayler entered Atlantic Studios in New York City to record a series of compositions that would help define the saxophonist's legacy and, arguably, alter the course of jazz. The Cleveland, Ohio, native had recently returned from Europe, where he had performed with Cecil Taylor's quartet and at the urging of Swedish ...

Cecil Taylor: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts

by Giuseppe Segala
October 12, 2026

Questa pubblicazione documenta per la prima volta nella sua interezza un momento fondamentale e di grande intensità artistica della vicenda ricchissima di Cecil Taylor. Siamo nel 1969, anno di grazia per la musica e il fermento creativo, sociale, interattivo delle arti. Anno che Bob Gluck ha opportunamente focalizzato come punto di partenza per straordinarie avventure musicali, ...

John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective

by Ian Patterson
September 23, 2026

With the advent of his birth centenary, John William Coltrane is on our minds again. But then he nearly always is. His influence on generations of saxophonists is palpable. For countless musicians the term “Coltranesque" can be a badge of honor or a millstone around the neck. With the exception perhaps of Miles Davis--whose centenary also ...

New Reissue Series Offers A First-Class Ticket To Moodsville

by Joshua Weiner
September 22, 2026

With the rise of consumer culture in the 1950s and 1960s, hi-fi systems on which to play newly available stereo records became de rigueur for those who aspired to sophisticated leisure time. A wide variety of “mood music" albums, from classical to exotica to jazz, promised the perfect soundtrack for any emotional state or social gathering. ...

Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary

by Dave Kaufman
September 20, 2026

Julius Hemphill, a brilliant alto saxophonist and extraordinary composer, was a towering figure in avant-garde jazz and creative music. Yet his body of work remains surprisingly little known, even among aficionados of this sort of adventurous music. Hemphill's music demonstrated a deep feeling for the blues and other African American traditions. His creative vision extended well ...

New Music from Dennis Mitcheltree, Michael Sarian, Kelly Green, And More

by Bob Osborne
September 17, 2026

On this edition we have a selection of new releases from a wide variety of jazz stylings together with a classic live recording of Cecil Taylor from 1962.Playlist Dennis Mitcheltree “911" from Seeing Red (Dengor Music) 00:00 Michael Sarian “The Eyes of Parajanov" from In This Desert (Burning Ambulance Music) 07:09 Kelly Green “Tongue ...