Mixed (1998)

About this title: 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, "Mixed." "Bulbs," which includes some hints of R&B, is particularly intriguing. This date as a whole was one of Cecil Taylor's last ones on which he still had a connection (if loose) to more traditional straight-ahead jazz. Normally, the Taylor set is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Bulbs [Taylor]
2. Pots [Taylor]
3. Mixed [Taylor]
4. Everywhere [Harris]
5. Yankee No-How [Rudd]
6. Respects [Rudd]
7. Satan's Dance [Logan]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.