CECIL TAYLOR / セシル・テイラー / COMPLETE NAT HENTOFF SESSIONS / CD

『The World of Cecil Taylor』『New York City R& B』『Air』『Cell Walk for Celeste』とボーナストラック収録。

On CD One & CD Two, 1-6:ARCHIE SHEPP tenor sax (on “Air” and “Lazy Afternoon” only) CECIL TAYLOR piano BUELL NEIDLINGER bass DENNIS CHARLES drums SUNNY MURRAY drums (replaces Charles on CD One, 2-3, only) New York, October 12 & 13, 1960.
On CD Two, 7-10 & CD Three, 1-4:Same personnel as above. DENNIS CHARLES (drums) on all tracks. CECIL TAYLOR plays celeste on CD Three, 1-3. ARCHIE SHEPP out on CD Two, 9-10.
New York, January 9, 1961.
On CD Three, 5-8 & CD Four, 1-3:CLARK TERRY, trumpet ROSWELL RUDD, trombone STEVE LACY, soprano sax ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax CHARLES DAVIS, baritone sax CECIL TAYLOR, piano BUELL NEIDLINGER, bass BILLY HIGGINS, drums New York, January 10, 1961.
Note: “Cindy’s Main Mood” and “O.P.” [tk2] are trio performances by Taylor, Neidlinger & Higgins. Higgins also plays tympani on “O.P.”
*BONUS TRACKS:
Disc Four, 4-6: Ted Curson (tp on 6 only), Roswell Rudd (tb on 6 only), Jimmy Lyons (as), Archie Shepp (ts), Cecil Taylor (p), Henry Grimes (b), Sunny Murray (d), Gil Evans (cond).
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 10, 1961.
Disc Four, 7-9: Steve Lacy (sop), Cecil Taylor (p), Buell Neidlinger (b), Dennis Charles (d). Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, afternoon, July 6, 1957