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Legba Crossing

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Released
  
1989

Artist
  
Cecil Taylor

Songs
  
Legba Crossing

Genre
  
Free jazz

Recorded
  
July 15, 1988

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
FMP/Free Music Production

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Similar
  
Cecil Taylor albums, Free jazz albums

Legba Crossing is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble recorded in Berlin on July 15, 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 "The piece is not the careening, chaotic, free for all one might expect. There is a dynamic and dramatic control Taylor has over the entire ensemble... This music is moving, full of pathos and emotion, but also nuance and figurative speech in both voice and instrumental utterance... What a treat".

Track listing

Ccomposition by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Legba Crossing" - 48:15
  • Recorded in Berlin on July 15, 1988
  • Personnel

  • Cecil Taylor: director, voice
  • Sabine Kopf: flute
  • Daniel Werts: oboe
  • Brigitte Vinkeloe: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Joachim Gies: alto saxophone
  • Ove Volquartz: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Heinz-Erich Godecke: trombone
  • Harald Kimmig: violin
  • Alexander Frangenheim, Uwe Martin, George Wolf: bass
  • Paul Plimley: piano
  • Lukas Lindenmaier, Peeter Uuskyla: drums
  • Trudy Morse: voice
  • References

    Legba Crossing Wikipedia