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Cecil Taylor: With (Exit) To Student Studies Revisited
ByCredit to Werner X. Uehlinger's ezz-thetics label for this decoding of the Taylor mystique. Presented here for comparison are two sessions recorded a month apart in 1966, one studio and another live recording. "With (Exit)" is taken from the Blue Note Records session Conquistador! (released in 1968) and the remaining four live tracks were released as both Student Studies (BYG Records, 1973) and on the Japanese Freedom label in 1977 as Great Paris Concert "1" and Great Paris Concert "2".
Taylor's tenure at Blue Note, which included three sessions, Jazz Advance (1956), and 1966's Unit Structures and Conquistador! all seem to be a struggle with producer Alfred Lion's post-bebop formula. "With (Exit)" contains the classic Blue Note two-horn front line of Jimmy Lyons and Bill Dixon, with two bassists, Alan Silva and Henry Grimes, plus drummer Andrew Cyrille. Lion's formula though couldn't contain Taylor's experimentation. Even within the strict studio structure, the music blossoms with the same energy free jazz was employing in the mid 1960s.
Jumping forward one month, the live Paris date is without Dixon and Grimes. The performance is one of unbridled energy. Taylor's piano can hardly be contained, but maybe of equal importance is the combination of Lyons, Silva, and Cyrille as they prove themselves equals. The quartet's energy exchange never diminishes as each is prepared to follow Taylor into the vortex of his musical conception. Listen closely enough and one can hear the entire history of creative free art from birth to modernity.
Track Listing
With (Exit); Student Studies 1; Student Studies 2; Amplitude; Niggle Feuigle.
Personnel
Cecil Taylor
pianoJimmy Lyons
saxophone, altoBill Dixon
trumpetHenry Grimes
bass, acousticAlan Silva
bass, acousticAndrew Cyrille
drumsAlbum information
Title: With (Exit) To Student Studies Revisited | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Ezz-thetics
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With (Exit) To Student Studies Revisited
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Jimmy Lyons
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Henry Grimes
Andrew Cyrille