Cecil Taylor discography
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Discography for jazz pianist Cecil Taylor.
Discography[]
As leader[]
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| Jazz Advance, 1956 |
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| At Newport, 1957 |
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with the Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory |
| Looking Ahead!, 1958 |
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| Hard Driving Jazz, 1956-1958 |
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also released as Coltrane Time and much later as Stereo Drive. With John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Chuck Israels, Louis Hayes (and other editions with Steve Lacy, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles). |
| Love for Sale, 1959 |
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| The World of Cecil Taylor, 1960 |
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| Air, 1960 |
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| Cell Walk for Celeste, 1961 |
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| Jumpin' Punkins, 1961 |
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| New York City R&B, 1961 |
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with Buell Neidlinger |
| Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come, 1962 |
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also released as Complete Live At The Cafe Montmartre |
| The Early Unit 1962, 1962 |
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| Unit Structures, 1966 |
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| Conquistador!, 1966 |
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| Student Studies, 1966 |
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also released as The Great Paris Concert |
| Live in Stuttgart, 1966 / 1969 |
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| Rotterdam 1967, 1967 |
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| Praxis, 1968 |
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| The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor, 1969 |
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also released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght |
| In Europe, 1969 |
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| Piano Solo at Town Hall 1971, 1971 |
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| Indent, 1973 |
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| Akisakila, 1973 |
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| Solo, 1973 |
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| Spring of Two Blue J's, 1973 |
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Only legitimate vinyl release was 2000 copies in 1974. All CD releases are unauthorized bootlegs. Authorized digitally edition is available on all global platforms from Oblivion Records. |
| Silent Tongues, 1974 |
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| Dark to Themselves, 1976 |
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| Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within), 1976 |
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| Embraced, 1977 |
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with Mary Lou Williams |
| Cecil Taylor Unit, 1978 |
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| 3 Phasis, 1978 |
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| Live in the Black Forest, 1978 |
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| One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye, 1978 |
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| Historic Concerts, 1979 |
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with Max Roach |
| It is in the Brewing Luminous, 1980 |
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| Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!, 1980 |
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| The Eighth, 1981 |
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| Garden, 1981 |
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| Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants), 1984 |
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| Iwontunwonsi, 1986 |
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| Amewa, 1986 |
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| For Olim, 1986 |
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| Olu Iwa, 1986 |
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| Live in Bologna, 1987 |
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| Live in Vienna, 1987 |
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| Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil, 1987 |
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| Chinampas, 1987 |
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| Riobec, 1988 |
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Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer |
| In East Berlin, 1988 |
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| Regalia, 1988 |
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Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens |
| The Hearth, 1988 |
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| Alms/Tiergarten (Spree), 1988 |
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| Remembrance, 1988 |
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| Pleistozaen Mit Wasser, 1988 |
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| Spots, Circles, and Fantasy, 1988 |
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| Legba Crossing, 1988 |
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| Erzulie Maketh Scent, 1988 |
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| Leaf Palm Hand, 1988 |
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| Crossing, 1966/1973/1974 |
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Compilation; with Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva and Andrew Cyrille |
| In Florescence, 1989 |
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| Looking (Berlin Version) Solo, 1989 |
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| Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio, 1989 |
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| Looking (Berlin Version) Corona, 1989 |
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| Celebrated Blazons, 1990 |
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| 2 Ts for a Lovely T, 1990 |
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10 CD, Limited Edition |
| Göttingen, 1990 |
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| Double Holy House, 1990 |
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| Nailed, 1990 |
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| Melancholy, 1990 |
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Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström, Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Wolfgang Fuchs |
| CT: The Dance Project, 1990 |
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with William Parker and Masashi Harada |
| The Tree of Life, 1991 |
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live piano solo |
| Duets 1992, 1992 |
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with Bill Dixon |
| Always a Pleasure, 1993 |
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| Almeda, 1996 |
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Cecil Taylor nonet |
| The Light of Corona, 1996 |
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Cecil Taylor, Harri Sjöström |
| Corona, 1996 |
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Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray |
| Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1, 1998 |
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with Harri Sjöström, Dominic Duval, & Jackson Krall |
| Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2, 1998 |
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with Harri Sjöström, Dominic Duval, & Jackson Krall |
| Momentum Space, 1998 |
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with Dewey Redman & Elvin Jones |
| Lifting the Bandstand, 1998 |
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with Harri Sjöström, Tristan Honsinger, Teppo Hauta-Aho, & Paul Lovens |
| Algonquin, 1999 |
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Great Performances from the Library of Congress – Vol. 18; with Mat Maneri |
| Incarnation, 1999 |
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with Tristan Honsinger, Franky Douglas, and Andrew Cyrille |
| Poschiavo, 1999 |
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at the Uncool Festival, Poschiavo, Switzerland |
| The Willisau Concert, 2000 |
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at the Jazzfestival Willisau |
| Complicité, 2000 |
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the 17th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (Québec, Canada) |
| The Owner of the River Bank, 2000 |
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with the Italian Instabile Orchestra as part of the Talos Festival in Ruvo di Puglia (South Italy) |
| At Angelica 2000 Bologna, 2000 |
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Recorded during Angelica, Festival Internazionale Di Musica, 10th Edition, May 5-13 and July 5-6, 2000, Bologna, Italy |
| All the Notes, 2000 |
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With Dominic Duval & Jackson Krall |
| Taylor/Dixon/Oxley, 2002 |
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the 19th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville with Bill Dixon and Tony Oxley |
| Being Astral And All Registers – Power Of Two, 2002 |
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with Tony Oxley |
| The Last Dance, 2003 |
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with Dominic Duval |
| Ailanthus / Altissima: Bilateral Dimensions Of 2 Root Songs, 2008 |
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with Tony Oxley |
| Conversations with Tony Oxley, 2008 |
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with Tony Oxley |
| Birdland, Neuburg 2011, 2011 |
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with Tony Oxley |
As sideman[]
- Gil Evans Orchestra: Into the Hot, 1961 (features tracks also released on Mixed)
- Jazz Composer's Orchestra: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, 1968 (Taylor featured on 2 tracks)
- John Coltrane: Coltrane Time, 1972 (United Artists Records, with Kenny Dorham trumpet, Chuck Israels bass, Louis Hayes drums)
- Friedrich Gulda: Nachricht vom Lande, 1976 (Taylor featured on 3 tracks)
- Tony Williams: The Joy of Flying, 1978 (Taylor featured on 1 track)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: Thelonious Sphere Monk, 1990 (Taylor featured on 3 tracks)
Compilation[]
- Mixed (Impulse!) (Release date: 1998) (with Roswell Rudd)
Categories:
- Cecil Taylor albums
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