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Artist:	TAYLOR, CECIL
Title:	The Complete Remastered Recordings
Label:	BLACK SAINT/SOUL NOTE (ITALY)
Format:	5CD BOX
Price:	$36.00
Catalog #:	BXS 1007CD

...On Black Saint & Soul Note. "Cecil Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. This specially-priced set includes five classic albums. Included are Winged Serpent, Olu Iwa, For Olim and the two sets of Historic Concerts."

Artist:	TAYLOR, CECIL
Title:	Algonquin
Label:	BRIDGE RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	BRIDGE 9146CD

Performed by Cecil Taylor (piano) and Mat Maneri (violin). "The visionary piano virtuoso Cecil Taylor was commissioned by the Library of Congress to write a work for violin and piano in 1999. The result was Taylor's Algonquin -- an intensely joyful dialogue between violinist Mat Maneri and Taylor. Taylor's score bridges the gap between jazz and classical music -- between improvisation and notated music. As annotator Bill Shoemaker writes: 'A Taylor score opens a moment of intense creativity, but only for that moment; afterwards, the score is merely part of the record, fodder for the files. What endures in Taylor's music defies notation, conventional or otherwise. It begs the question: Is a score that is little more than an outline, and designed only for a single use, as legitimate as one where all aspects of performance are specified, and has been repeatedly performed over for years, decades and even centuries? Given the exhilarating energy conveyed through this recording, the answer is surely yes.'"

Artist:	TAYLOR, CECIL
Title:	3 Phasis
Label:	NEW WORLD RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	NW 80303CD

Second album from the same sessions as above, recorded 1978."3 Phasis is a masterwork, a testament to the perfectionism and unpredictability that go hand in hand in Taylor's music...The more you listen, the more you hear. For me, there is sometimes the impression of an inspired wizard and his five disciples conversing at midnight, chewing over ideas, rephrasing them, listening; at other times I'm attracted to the cathartic, exquisitely controlled violence. Cecil Taylor has brought to music a synthesis we've long waited for. 3 Phasis is one its landmarks." -- Gary Giddins

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Artist:	TAYLOR, CECIL
Title:	Iwontunwonsi -- Live At Sweet Basil Vol 1
Label:	SOUND HILLS (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SSCD 8065