RIP Cecil Taylor
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Topic: RIP Cecil Taylor
Posted By: Man With Hat
Subject: RIP Cecil Taylor
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 12:09
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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. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 12:49
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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. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 13:06
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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Mascodagama wrote:Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 13:18
I will be digging out some Cecil tonight. Maybe Conquistador! or one of the other Blue Notes. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 13:28
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RIP -------------  
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 08 2018 at 03:55
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RIP :( ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: April 08 2018 at 04:16
RIP  ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 08 2018 at 06:06
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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 :) -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 08 2018 at 15:00
I'm not very familiar with his early work, so thanks for this. Any other recs from his early days? ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |