The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor explained

The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Cecil Taylor
Cover:	The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	July 29, 1969
Genre:	Free jazz
Label:	Prestige
Prev Title:	Praxis
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Indent
Next Year:	1973

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, consisting of three separate LPs in 1971.^[1] 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 real blowout" and "a major release," and states: "The music is unrelentingly intense and Taylor does not let up for a moment.... listeners new to Taylor's music should investigate his solo piano works first."

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

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

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

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor

piano

• Jimmy Lyons

alto saxophone

• Sam Rivers

soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone

• Andrew Cyrille

drums

Notes and References

1. Maurer, E., Discography of Shandar Records accessed October 28, 2015