In Florescence Explained

In Florescence
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cecil Taylor
Cover:	In Florescence.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	June 8, 1989
Genre:	Free jazz
Label:	A&M
Chronology:	Cecil Taylor
Prev Title:	Leaf Palm Hand
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Looking (Berlin Version) Solo
Next Year:	1990

In Florescence is an album by the pianist Cecil Taylor, released in 1990 via A&M Records.^{[1] [2]} It was recorded in New York City on June 8, 1989, and contains performances by Taylor, Gregg Bendian and William Parker.^[3] It was Taylor's first major label recording in more than 10 years.

Production

Some tracks incorporate poetry and chanting on top of the instrumentation.^[4]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times called the album "a rolling, often riotous string of short works that have all the usual Taylorisms—pounding exchanges between right and left hands, splashy ascensions and repeated figures charged with dissonance—but also holds surprising moments of lyricism and quiet beauty." Entertainment Weekly thought that "the bass and drums of William Parker and Greg Bendian are models of reflexive interaction."

The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "the listener enters a rarefied zone of elusive beauty; this is dense, compelling music." Gary Giddins, in The Village Voice, declared that he "can not abide" Taylor's vocal interjections on In Florescence.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor except as indicated.

1. "J." - 2:52
2. "Pethro Visiting the Abyss" - 7:08
3. "Saita" - 3:00
4. "For Steve McCall" (Gergg Bendian) 1:00
5. "In Florescence" - 3:02
6. "Ell Moving Track" - 5:15
7. "Sirenes 1/3" - 0:48
8. "Anast in Crisis Mouthful of Fresh Cut Flowers" (William Parker) - 3:37
9. "Charles And Thee" - 8:00
10. "Entity" (Bendian) - 2:32
11. "Leaf Taken Horn" - 4:53
12. "Chal Chuiatlichue Goddess of Green Flowing Waters" - 11:29
13. "Morning Of Departure" - 3:13
14. "Feng Shui" (Taylor, Bendian, Parker) - 4:35

• Recorded in New York City on June 8, 1989

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor

piano, voice

• Gregg Bendian

percussion (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9 and 11-14)

• William Parker

bass (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-12 and 14)

Notes and References

1. Web site: TAYLOR MADE. John. Litweiler. chicagotribune.com.
2. News: Levesque . Roger . Thunder and lightning from a master of improvisation . Edmonton Journal . 27 May 1990 . D6.
3. http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mtaylors.html Cecil Taylor sessionography
4. Web site: POST-MODERNIST CECIL TAYLOR BRINGS SOUND AND FURY TO PIANO. TIM. BLANGGER. mcall.com.
5. Web site: Our Chopin. March 12, 2002. The Village Voice.