The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
Live album by Cecil Taylor
Released	1977
Recorded	July 29, 1969
Genre	Free jazz
Label	Prestige
Cecil Taylor chronology
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969, and released on the Prestige label in 1977 as a 3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971.^[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow refers to this recording as "a major release."^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

"Second Act Of A (Part 1)" - 21:17
"Second Act Of A (Part 2)" - 20:51
"Second Act Of A (Part 3)" - 18:08
"Second Act Of A (Part 4)" - 16:11
"Second Act Of A (Part 5)" - 12:45
"Second Act Of A (Part 6)" - 20:38

Recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Allmusic Review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Maurer, E., Discography of Shandar Records accessed October 28, 2015
^ Yanow, Scott. "The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

[1] Allmusic Review

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[3] Maurer, E., Discography of Shandar Records accessed October 28, 2015

[4] Yanow, Scott. "The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Fuchsia Swing Song (1964) Contours (1965) A New Conception (1966) Dimensions & Extensions (1967) Hues (1971–73) Streams (1973) Crystals (1974) Dave Holland / Sam Rivers (with Dave Holland, 1975) Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1975) Sizzle (1975) Waves (1978) Contrasts (1979) Colours (1982)
With others	Miles in Tokyo (with Miles Davis, 1964) Change (with Andrew Hill, 1966) Conference of the Birds (with Dave Holland, 1972) Dialogue (with Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Black Stars (with Jason Moran, 2001) In the Name of... (James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, 1993) Capricorn Rising (and Don Pullen, 1975) The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (with Cecil Taylor, 1969) Life Time (with Tony Williams, 1964) Spring (with Tony Williams, 1965) Into Somethin' (with Larry Young, 1964)