― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 30 July 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah what was he writing?
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 30 July 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.sofamusic.no/musicians/tony_oxley.jpg
I thought the bassplayer would've been much better with a real standup. Even during his arco parts there didn't seem to be as many overtones as would be produced with a larger resonating body (altho some of the arco stuff kinda nicely sounded like the late Jimmy Lyons' sax stuff!).
Dunno what he was writing. I was hoping he'd recite a poem but no dice.
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 30 July 2004 14:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 30 July 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 30 July 2004 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 30 July 2004 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 30 July 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― ctbo, Friday, 6 August 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 7 August 2004 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Lately I've been listening to Student Studies a lot.
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 4 May 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 4 May 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 4 May 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.kaufman-center.org/tc/mch0607/cj_101206.php
― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Cecil, Braxton, Parker and Oxley at the RFH last night:
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
All other music please retire now.
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 9 July 2007 07:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Jazz Advance is a great entry point.
― Hurting 2, Monday, 9 July 2007 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
That sounds like an incredible show. (William Parker, I assume?)
― Hurting 2, Monday, 9 July 2007 13:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Are they doing or did they do a record together?
I hope the concert was recorded, and if not, that they do make a record (yes, it was William P - with his immense bass, you understand why they call themselves the Feel Trio).
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 9 July 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
could someone describe CT's "jazz advance" lp for me, and perhaps mull it's merits as a starting point?
― cw, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"Conquistador" is pretty classic, though admittedly the only one I've heard.
― Operator plug, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Springtime is Cecil Taylor time
― Brakhage, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
So little interest in out stuff on ILM that when a new post pops up on a thread like this one I automatically half assume the subject has died.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Monday, 22 March 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Jazz Advance is, afaik, unlike any other Cecil Taylor records. blues-based jazz and not a "out there" record. it was years ago, but i tried a few others (silent tongues, cecil taylor unit) and JA is the only one i actually enjoy; probably on account of the relative straightforwardness of the music
― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Monday, 22 March 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i like a lot of "out" music, but I find Cecil (or at least most of the Cecil I've heard) to be kind of overwhelming. That's the idea, I know (or at least part of the idea) ... But it's not something I reach for very often. I certainly appreciate what he's doing. Would love to see him live, actually. The clips I've seen are kind of mind-boggling.
― tylerw, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm hoping that cecil is the first eternal man
have been jamming that live in the black forest alb that's taken from a radio broadcast, amazing gig from the same era as IT IS IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS
JAZZ ADVANCE is a nice enough alb but it is not that far off monk or herbie nichols or even ellington, but cannot compare to most CT things that came after
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Jazz Advance is, afaik, unlike any other Cecil Taylor records.
It's definitely more straightforward than everything he's best known for; the next step after Monk, basically. And if you like that side of him, you should check out his quartet with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles from the early '60s - albums to hear are Air, Cell Walk for Celeste, New York City R&B and The World of Cecil Taylor, all on the Candid label. They drift in and out of print, but they're findable.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Monday, 22 March 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
amazing footage from youtube, can't think of another piano player who so dances around the keyboard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U01okZHnIQ&feature=related
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh, i dont love nerfertiti like i do conquistador! or unit structures or looking ahead. i like air above buildings... a lot, and im warming up to 3 phasis... i think that may be all ive heard so far...
― 69, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
was all :-0 when I came across these paragraphs today in Up Above the World (1966) by Paul Bowles:
"Thorny finished his drink and held out his glass for more.
They listened while a plane flew over; when its roar had become only a reverberation passing farther down the valley, Thorny said, "Put on the new Cecil Taylor.""
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
Cecil Taylor wins the Kyoto prize.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 22 June 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
Hope he doesn't blow it on coke, like (rumor has it) he did with his MacArthur grant money.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 22 June 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
Hope he does
― Call the Cops, Saturday, 22 June 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
lol! Why the hell not.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 22 June 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
?
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 22 June 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
In all seriousness, though, someone is peppering all Cecil's recent press with allegations of hard drug use. Looks odd, I have to say. Lot of nutters out there.
― Call the Cops, Saturday, 22 June 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Ahhh - they should let the man be. He's created and played amazing music for so many years. His demons (or angels) are his to handle.
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 22 June 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
Damn right. It is his business how he spends his last bit of time on this rock and fuck gossip.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Saturday, 22 June 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
I don't care myself - I'm a huge fan. I actually think the idea of spending a massive grant on drugs is hilarious.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 23 June 2013 01:48 (ten years ago) link
i think if you are 84 you should be allowed to use as many drugs as you want to, and supported by the state while doing so (but only while doing so)
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Woke up this morning craving a Cecil Taylor Christmas LP
― Brakhage, Monday, 16 December 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
Ha, that would rule.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 December 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
Cecil Taylor Class at Swing University, part of Jazz at Lincoln Center:http://academy.jalc.org/swing-university-youngtaylor/http://ticketing.jalc.org/auxpkg/detail.aspx?pkg=380&flex=N&nfs=N
I highly recommend anyone in the vicinity checking one or more of these classes out. I had the good fortune to hear Ben Young lecture about Cecil Taylor a number of years ago, and his insights continue to resonate with me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
you might have a problem with your eardrums
― espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwnwbG9YLE
lol
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
haha, does the Institute of Jazz Studies need a reference librarian?
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:49 (one month ago) link
Yeah, thanks for that link budo jeru.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:50 (one month ago) link
of tangential interest: this blog posted an audio recording of an interview with chantal d'arcy from 1963, who started Shandar records in Paris in the early '70s with encouragement from CT, and also issued recordings by Taylor, as well as Sun Ra, Terry Riley, Pran Nath, and others:
https://blogthehum.com/2017/04/02/a-rare-wonderful-and-insightful-interview-with-chantal-darcy-founder-of-shandar-records-from-may-23-1973/
― budo jeru, Sunday, 25 February 2024 05:20 (one month ago) link