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    Posted: April 06 2018 at 12:09
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/obituaries/cecil-taylor-dead.html 

A huge loss of a (out)jazz giant. RIP to one of the best to ever do it. 
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Was very saddened to hear of this. He was a true innovator and an uncompromising artist who never sounded like anyone but himself. I always liked the description of his playing that he treated the piano like it was 88 tuned drums.

He did live a long and productive life, so there is that to be happy about.
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Was very saddened to hear of this. He was a true innovator and an uncompromising artist who never sounded like anyone but himself. I always liked the description of his playing that he treated the piano like it was 88 tuned drums.

He did live a long and productive life, so there is that to be happy about.
He got to be one year older than the piano has tuned drums. It's an interesting quote. My favorite pianist Mal Waldron said something similar:

...I learned long ago that the piano is a percussive instrument.  It’s a percussive instrument because you beat on it, so it’s drum-like.  It’s basically a percussive instrument, so you have to use it like that... 

Cecil Taylors 1959-release Loooking Out! is one of my all time favorite albums. Deserves to be mentioned among the canonized classics such as Kind of Blue, The Shape of jazz to Come, Giants Steps, Time Out! and Ah Um from the same year - infact I think it's far more forward thinking than most of them. And genuinely beautiful as well. 
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2018 at 13:18
Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Was very saddened to hear of this. He was a true innovator and an uncompromising artist who never sounded like anyone but himself. I always liked the description of his playing that he treated the piano like it was 88 tuned drums.

He did live a long and productive life, so there is that to be happy about.

He got to be one year older than the piano has tuned drums. It's an interesting quote. My favorite pianist Mal Waldron said something similar:

...I learned long ago that the piano is a percussive instrument.  It’s a percussive instrument because you beat on it, so it’s drum-like.  It’s basically a percussive instrument, so you have to use it like that...

Cecil Taylors 1959-release Loooking Out! is one of my all time favorite albums. Deserves to be mentioned among the canonized classics such as Kind of Blue, The Shape of jazz to Come, Giants Steps, Time Out! and Ah Um from the same year - infact I think it's far more forward thinking than most of them. And genuinely beautiful as well.
I hadn't heard that Mal Waldron quote but it's certainly apt. Randy Weston is another who strikes me as having that kind of aproach. All three of them greats.

I will be digging out some Cecil tonight. Maybe Conquistador! or one of the other Blue Notes.

Edited by Mascodagama - April 06 2018 at 13:20
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Just listened to his debut Jazz Advance and Unit Structures. Dude was a friggin genius and had fingers on steroids. I can't think of anyone more Chopin-esque in his playing style in the world of jazz. He lived a long life. RIP in jazz heaven :)

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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Was very saddened to hear of this. He was a true innovator and an uncompromising artist who never sounded like anyone but himself. I always liked the description of his playing that he treated the piano like it was 88 tuned drums.

He did live a long and productive life, so there is that to be happy about.
He got to be one year older than the piano has tuned drums. It's an interesting quote. My favorite pianist Mal Waldron said something similar:
 

Cecil Taylors 1959-release  is one of my all time favorite albums. Deserves to be mentioned among the canonized classics such as Kind of Blue, The Shape of jazz to Come, Giants Steps, Time Out! and Ah Um from the same year - infact I think it's far more forward thinking than most of them. And genuinely beautiful as well. 
 
I'm not very familiar with his early work, so thanks for this. Any other recs from his early days?
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