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Always a Pleasure

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Released
  
1996

Length
  
76:28

Artist
  
Cecil Taylor

Label
  
FMP/Free Music Production

Recorded
  
April 8, 1993

Always a Pleasure (1993)
  
Almeda (1993)

Release date
  
1996

Genre
  
Free jazz

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Always a Pleasure is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin on April 8, 1993 and released on the FMP label. The album features a concert performance by Taylor with Longineu Parsons, Harri Sjöström, Charles Gayle, Tristan Honsinger, Sirone and Rashid Bakr.

Contents

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is easily the best large-unit Taylor record of the '90s. Fans and curiosity seekers would be well-advised to seek it out and prepare themselves to be blown away by the depth and dimension Taylor's musical soul reveals when it is challenged and upheld by such a phenomenal group of talent".

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "First" - 32:56
  2. "Second" - 5:00
  3. "Third" - 30:41
  4. "Fourth" - 7:51 Pleasure
  • Recorded at the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin on April 8, 1993

    • Personnel

  • Cecil Taylor: piano, voice
  • Longineu Parsons: trumpet
  • Harri Sjöström: soprano saxophone
  • Charles Gayle: tenor saxophone
  • Tristan Honsinger: cello
  • Sirone: bass
  • Rashid Bakr: drums

    • References

    Always a Pleasure Wikipedia
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