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The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor

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Released
  
1977

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (1969)
  
Indent (1973)

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Free jazz

Recorded
  
July 29, 1969

Artist
  
Cecil Taylor

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Similar
  
Cecil Taylor albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums

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The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969, and released on the Prestige label in 1977 as a 3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971. It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states "Three discs of amazing playing".

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Second Act Of A (Part 1)" - 21:17
  2. "Second Act Of A (Part 2)" - 20:51
  3. "Second Act Of A (Part 3)" - 18:08
  4. "Second Act Of A (Part 4)" - 16:11
  5. "Second Act Of A (Part 5)" - 12:45
  6. "Second Act Of A (Part 6)" - 20:38
  • Recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969
  • Personnel

  • Cecil Taylor: piano
  • Jimmy Lyons: alto saxophone
  • Sam Rivers: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Cyrille: drums
  • References

    The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor Wikipedia