Cecil Taylor
Genres:
Avant-Garde, Comedy/Spoken, Jazz
Meta styles:
Big Band/Swing, Free Jazz, Improvised Music, Jazz Instrument, Spoken Word
Styles:
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Poetry, Progressive Jazz

Cecil Percival Taylor (born in New York City March 15 or 25, each date often cited, 1929) is an American pianist and poet now generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with the better known Ornette Coleman). His first recording Jazz Advance was released in 1956, and is described by Cook & Morton in the Penguin Guide to Jazz: "While there are still many nods to conventional post-bop form in this set, it already points to the freedoms which the pianist would later immerse himself in".

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The World Of Cecil Taylor

The World Of Cecil Taylor

Year:
2012
Tracks:
8
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Air Above Mountains

Air Above Mountains

Year:
2005
Tracks:
2
Bitrate:
320 kbps
All The Notes

All The Notes

Year:
2004
Tracks:
3
Bitrate:
320 kbps
The Light Of Corona (With The Ensemble)

The Light Of Corona (With The Ensemble)

Year:
2002
Tracks:
2
Bitrate:
320 kbps
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