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    Biography

    Soon after he first emerged in the mid-'50s, pianist Cecil Taylor was the most advanced improviser in jazz; five decades later he is still the most radical. Although in his early days he used some standards as vehicles for improvisation, since the early '60s Taylor has stuck exclusively to originals. To simplify describing his style, one could say that Taylor's intense atonal percussive approach ...more
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  • Spring of Two Blue J's (C. Taylor Quartet)
  • Lazy Afternoon
  • This Nearly Was Mine
  • Abyss (First Movement) /Petals and Filaments (Second Movement) /Jitney
  • Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section
  • Steps
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