{"product_id":"cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theater-albuquerque-1979","title":"Cecil Taylor Unit - Live at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Editions Archives presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a major new archival work by the late \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecil Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929-2018).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePianist, composer \u0026amp; bandleader Cecil Taylor's capacious \u0026amp; audacious originality reshaped twentieth-century music. In an astounding act of artistic forbearance spanning sixty years of performing \u0026amp; recording, Taylor didn't win over so much as wear down the jazz establishment through the force \u0026amp; brilliant execution of his ideas. His methodologies \u0026amp; language, if studied at all, remain unassimilated by the twenty-first century jazz mainstream \u0026amp; its institutions. Lincoln Center turned the house lights on during Taylor's performance there (2007), a stark reminder that in spite of Guggenheim \u0026amp; MacArthur Fellowships \u0026amp; increased respect among some of his tradition-minded peers, the shock of his music had not diminished \u0026amp; he was still an outlier, if not an outlaw, presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures Taylor on November 20, 1979, during a rare tour of the American West with a then newly reconstituted quintet formation of his Unit. An ensemble in regular flux from the mid-1970s onward, only two members of Taylor's 1978 Unit, violinist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRamsey Ameen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1945-2019) \u0026amp; alto saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimmy Lyons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1931-1986)-the bel canto voice of every Cecil Taylor band since 1961- made the trip with Taylor to Albuquerque. Re-entering the fold on bass \u0026amp; cello after a decade-long absence was prime mover extraordinaire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlan Silva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1939-), with drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJerome Cooper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1946-2015) making his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecil Taylor Unit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e performance debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach historical incarnation of the Cecil Taylor Unit emphasized the musicians' freedom to infuse the architectures of Taylor's music with their own personalities. Together with the Maestro in Albuquerque, this novel formation played a concert as unique \u0026amp; fascinating as its line-up \u0026amp; instrumentation suggests, with dynamics, textures \u0026amp; interactions that are quite different from the often in-the-red, sometimes gladiatorial 1978 Taylor bands. The addition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSunny Murray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to this ensemble in February 1980 for the recording of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt Is In The Brewing Luminous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (HatHut) would transform the music yet again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BLACK EDITIONS ARCHIVE","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":59918548697433,"sku":"SDZ-54704","price":60.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Untitled-Design-3_831bce73-8de7-4130-ba7b-514340a9ad9b.png?v=1792077646","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theater-albuquerque-1979","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}