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1	Jazz Advance (1956) more music like this by Cecil Taylor Jazz Advance is the CD reissue of Cecil Taylor's very first recording session. Although the album states that it is from September, 1956, all previous discographies state December 10, 1955 was the actual recording date. Even at this early stage, the 26-year-old pianist was extremely advanced in his playing. One can hear Taylor's roots in Duke ... see all copies from £6.22! new only from £8.74!
2	Unit Structures (1966) more music like this by Cecil Taylor After several years off records, pianist Cecil Taylor finally had an opportunity to document his music of the mid-'60s on two Blue Note albums (the other one was Conquistador). Taylor's high-energy atonalism fit in well with the free jazz of the period but he was actually leading the way rather than being part of a movement. In fact, this septet ... see all copies from £8.36! new only from £8.36!
3	Momentum Space (1999) more music like this by Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones All one has to do is look at the personnel on this trio project (tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, pianist Cecil Taylor and drummer Elvin Jones) and it is obvious that the set is potentially special. Taylor, still the most adventurous musician in jazz at that point after 45 years, does not get grouped into all-star settings very often. However, when ... see all copies from £8.34! new only from £22.12!
4	New York City R&B (1961) more music like this by Cecil Taylor with Buell Neidlinger The contents of this rather brief CD, originally released under bassist Buell Neidlinger's name, have since been reissued in the Cecil Taylor/Buell Neidlinger Mosaic box set. Two selections feature a trio with pianist Taylor, bassist Neidlinger and drummer Billy Higgins and one performance adds the young tenor Archie Shepp (and has Dennis Charles ... see all copies from £7.30! new only from £8.04!
5	Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook (1950) more music like this by Various Artists As an informal soundtrack for his revealing biography of Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life, David Hajdu selected and annotated the tracks for this rambling dig through the PolyGram archives. In doing so, Hajdu ranges far afield in date and idiom, yet the overall impression is amazingly consistent Strayhorn as an elegant yet haunted musical figure whose ... see all copies from £5.07!
6	Jumpin' Punkins (1961) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This single CD has some of the music formerly released on a limited-edition Cecil Taylor Mosaic box set. The two most intriguing performances are versions of Mercer Ellington's "Jumpin' Punkins" and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" which feature the avant-garde pianist with trumpeter Clark Terry, trombonist Roswell Rudd, soprano saxophonist ... see all copies from £8.53! new only from £10.96!
7	Conquistador [Bonus Track] (2004) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This recording from 1966 is the very album that should have made Cecil Taylor the superstar of free jazz. Instead, despite the fact that it was received well by many critics and those interested in the new music, it was the last time he would record for seven years. Given the wondrous ensemble he assembled for this date -- Jimmy Lyons, alto; ... see all copies from £8.70! new only from £8.70!
8	The World of Cecil Taylor (1960) more music like this by Cecil Taylor see all copies from £8.29! new only from £8.29!
9	Looking Ahead! (1958) more music like this by Cecil Taylor One of Cecil Taylor's earliest recordings, Looking Ahead! does just that while still keeping several toes in the tradition. It's an amazing document of a talent fairly straining at the reins, a meteor about to burst onto the jazz scene and render it forever changed. With Earl Griffith on vibes, Taylor uses an instrumentation he would return to ... see all copies from £6.01! new only from £8.14!
10	Embraced (1977) more music like this by Mary Lou Williams with Cecil Taylor Stormy, combative, but highly valuable duets with Cecil Taylor (p). Ron Wynn, All Music Guide see all copies from £8.31! new only from £8.31!
11 view cover	The Instrumental History of Jazz (1997) more music like this by Various Artists It's hard to fault this two-disc, enhanced CD collection. Starting with Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and roping in tracks from King Oliver, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, and John Coltrane, all the way to modern jazz musicians like Spyro Gyra and Geri Allen, this set covers a pretty ... see all copies from £19.26! new only from £23.07!
12 view cover	Mixed (1998) more music like this by Cecil Taylor & Roswell Rudd A couple of unrelated avant-garde dates are combined on this single CD from 1998. There are three selections from Cecil Taylor's 1961 Quintet (featuring pianist Taylor, bassist Henry Grimes, drummer Sunny Murray, altoist Jimmy Lyons and tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp) with trumpeter Ted Curson and trombonist Roswell Rudd added on the third cut, ... see all copies from £8.24! new only from £10.78!
13 view cover	The Owner of the Riverbank (2004) more music like this by Cecil Taylor/Italian Instabile Orchestra see all copies from £29.77! new only from £29.77!
14 view cover	Cecil Taylor Unit (1978) more music like this by Cecil Taylor A sextet, this is as close to as definitive an ensemble as Taylor has launched. With Jimmy Lyons (sax), Raphe Malik (trumpet), Ramsey Ameen (violin), Sirone (bass), and R. Shannon Jackson (drums). This runs 60 minutes on vinyl, including a 30-minute "Holiday en Masque." Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide see all copies from £10.50! new only from £10.50!
15 view cover	Dark Unto Themselves (1976) more music like this by Cecil Taylor Unit This CD reissue has a continuous 61-plus-minute performance by pianist Cecil Taylor and his 1976 quintet (which also includes such fiery players as trumpeter Raphe Malik, his longtime altoist Jimmy Lyons, tenor saxophonist David S. Ware and drummer Marc Edwards). There is a quick theme along with brief transitions that form the composition ... see all copies from £11.84! new only from £11.84!
16 view cover	Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within) (1976) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This Cecil Taylor solo concert features the radical pianist at a performance in Austria playing continuously for 51 minutes. Except for some brief moments, his music is quite intense, percussive, crowded and overflowing with passion. Taylor's longtime fans will find much to marvel at while newcomers to his music are advised instead to check out ... see all copies from £16.93! new only from £27.86!
17 view cover	Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (1962) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This double-LP is the only recording that exists of Cecil Taylor and his group (other than two songs on the bootleg Ingo label) during 1962-1965. Taylor's then-new altoist Jimmy Lyons (who occasionally hints at Charlie Parker) and the first truly "free" drummer Sunny Murray join the avant-garde pianist in some stunning trio performances recorded ... see all copies from £19.67! new only from £20.39!
18	In Florescence (1989) more music like this by Cecil Taylor 1990 set that welcomes him back to major label. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide see all copies from £7.52!
19 view cover	Le Lion a Paris: Lions Abroad, Vol. 3 (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £7.21!
20 view cover	Air (1960) more music like this by Cecil Taylor From the opening patterns of Denis Charles' drums on the title cut, the listener knows he/she is in for something special. One can only imagine what the reaction of the average jazz fan was in 1960 when this session was recorded. This is a wonderful document from early in Taylor's career, when he was midway between modernist approaches to standard ... see all copies from £8.04! new only from £8.04!
21 view cover	Silent Tongues (1974) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This is a classic Cecil Taylor solo concert, performed at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival. Taylor plays his five-movement work "Silent Tongues," along with a couple of brief encores. To simplify in explaining what he was doing at this point of time, it can be said that Taylor essentially plays the piano like a drum set, creating percussive and ... see all copies from £12.36!
22 view cover	Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £6.42!
23 view cover	Crossing (1996) more music like this by Cecil Taylor see all copies from £10.65! new only from £10.65!
24 view cover	Algonquin (2004) more music like this by Cecil Taylor This four-part suite for piano and violin was commissioned by the Library of Congress, and recorded in performance there in February of 1999. It was composed by Taylor, but the liner notes indicate that what Taylor provided in terms of a score was idiosyncratic -- columns of individual notes along with "symbols and scribbles to suggest attacks, ... see all copies from £12.30! new only from £12.30!
25 view cover	Cell Walk For Celeste (1961) more music like this by Cecil Taylor see all copies from £8.04! new only from £8.04!

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