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    Cecil Taylor R.I.P.

    These guys say it more eloquently than I could ever hope to;

    http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/04/...1929-2018.html

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    RIP Mr Taylor. When I moved to Madison in 1971, Taylor was the artist-in-residence and also taught at the U of Wis. He played a few solo piano gigs when he was here. I saw him twice, and his music always made you think as much as listen.
    "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"

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    One of the last of the true giants. I played this one tonight in his honor--it's my favorite of his albums.

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    A giant has fallen.RIP and thanks for the music.

    I'll co-sign on Mr Triscuits love for Dark To Themselves.

    WKCR-FM,89.9 on the dial in NYC and streamed,will play the music of Cecil Taylor all day today,Friday April 6,starting at 5am..Link provided.https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/node/20746
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    RIP to one of the all time greats.

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    Unlike with a prime set of his contemporaries (Sanders, Lacy, AEoC, Lateef, Ayler, Sun Ra, Braxton and the lots), I tried but couldn't really connect to his music. But yes, he was rightfully legendary, and his generation is all the poorer with his loss. I'm gonna spin my Silent Tongues vinyl and try yet again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Unlike with a prime set of his contemporaries (Sanders, Lacy, AEoC, Lateef, Ayler, Sun Ra, Braxton and the lots), I tried but couldn't really connect to his music. But yes, he was rightfully legendary, and his generation is all the poorer with his loss. I'm gonna spin my Silent Tongues vinyl and try yet again.
    Do you like his pre-Unit Structures recordings?

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    ^ Well, I haven't really heard much of it, as I'm generally not too big on the post-hardbop/pre-free (blah-blah) interstage of things. But I did quite enjoy what I heard from Air, so I should probably explore a bit. Never heard much of Taylor's later works (i.e. post-70s) either, for that matter.
    "Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
    "[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM

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    Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
    These guys say it more eloquently than I could ever hope to;

    http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/04/...1929-2018.html

    A very fitting eulogy..RIP

    I never truly explored the whole "free-Jazz" canon. (more of a Bop-inches-towards-JazzRock-via-Miles kind of path for me)....I should give this "free-jazz" thing another try.
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    Some of the pianostuff on Area's albums reminds me a lot of Taylor.

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    Rest in peace, maestro.
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    It won't be visible through the air
    And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973

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    Goddamit! An idol! I think I bought Unit Structures when I was 17 and found myself so baffled by the sonic density of the music. Took years to understand it. Over time I picked up at least another 20 discs or so by him, each more challenging than the last. A titan, who will be sorely missed.
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    "please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide

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    Still sad to read a week later.

    RIP to one of the all time bests.
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    yikes, I totally missed this

    RIP, Cecil
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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