"Trance" (from Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come, 1962) More swinging and stable than his later efforts, but a good indication of where he was coming from - with Steve Lacy, a close associate, front and center on soprano saxophone. "Tune 2"(live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)
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The music was full of turbulence, and also an outrageous beauty. He put a sort of manic restlessness within a larger frame of philosophical calm. His performance ritual conveyed a stern, concertizing formality, but also an offhanded, feline grace. The pianism could be pugilistic or delicate - often both in turn, within a single arcing phrase. He regarded that distinction with a characteristic ambivalence, because of the ways in which it boxed in the terms of his art. His contribution to the realm of experimental music is profound, and his influence among improvising pianists, the current vanguard especially, can scarcely be overstated.īecause he was pushing toward formal abstraction as early as the '50s, Taylor is often credited as a progenitor of free jazz. His dazzling pianistic signature combined explosive velocity, extravagant unpredictability, and deep attunement to the dimensions of sound. And what he discovered - in an endless, boundless process - was a world unto himself.
Over a career that sprawled across six full decades, Taylor maintained an unwavering standard of expedition. Cecil Taylor, Jazz Icon Of The Avant-Garde, Dies At 89
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