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Cell Walk for Celeste

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
56:06

Artist
  
Cecil Taylor

Label
  
Candid Records

Recorded
  
January 9 & 10, 1961

Cell Walk for Celeste (1961)
  
Jumpin' Punkins (1961)

Release date
  
1988

Genre
  
Jazz

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Similar
  
Cecil Taylor albums, Jazz albums

Cell Walk for Celeste is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in January 1961 but not released until 1988. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles. Additional recordings from these sessions were released on New York City R&B in 1971 and Jumpin' Punkins in 1987.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Tayor except as indicated
  1. "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 1] - 11:32
  2. "Davis" [Take 1] (Buell Neidlinger) - 3:12
  3. "Section C" [Take 1] - 10:24
  4. "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 4] (Mercer Ellington) - 8:20
  5. "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 5] (Ellington) - 8:20
  6. "Davis" [Take 3] - 5:20
  7. "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 3] - 9:51
  • Recorded Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, January 9 & 10, 1961

    • Personnel

  • Cecil Taylor: piano
  • Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
  • Buell Neidlinger: bass
  • Denis Charles: drums

    • Songs

    1Cell Walk for Celeste (take 1)11:32
    2Davis (take 1)3:12
    3Section C (take 1)10:24

    References

    Cell Walk for Celeste Wikipedia
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