Released 1989 Release date 1989 | Recorded July 17, 1988 Label FMP/Free Music Production | |
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Leaf Palm Hand is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley recorded in Berlin on July 17, 1988 as part of month long series of concerts by Taylor and released on the FMP label.
Contents
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "There's no letup for the entire set; it's one dazzling display after another until the piece just implodes from exhaustion — physical, that is, as the ideas still come fast and furious — and leaves the listener dazed and awed by such a soulful yet pyrotechnic display. This is one of Cecil Taylor's most "melodic" improvisations ever".
Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley except as indicated.- "Stylobate 1" - 17:26
- "Leaf Palm Hand" - 42:20
- "Chimes (Cecil Taylor) - 3:50
- "Stylobate 2" - 3:23
- "The Old Canal" (Taylor) - 2:42
Personnel
Songs
1Stylobate 117:27
2Leaf Palm Hand42:20
3Chimes3:50
References
Leaf Palm Hand Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA