Cecil Taylor
Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil (CD LR 162)
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1987
Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil
Cecil Taylor
Leo Records
5024792016228
LEO 110355
CD LR 162
JAZZ
1
Currently unavailable
****(*) AMG
Recorded in London & Paris, November 1987.
Featuring
Cecil Taylor (piano),
Carlos Ward (reeds),
William Parker (bass),
Leroy Jenkins (violin) and
Thurman Barker (drums).
It begins, simply enough, with him reading his oblique poetry, then, his band enters and he takes it out with some of the rhythm section accompanying him as he reads some more. Simple enough right? All except for the fact that the music was recorded three days before any of the vocals were, and in a different country. The poetry was recorded England and the music three days earlier in Paris. Ok, weirdness aside the band is stellar.
