Cecil Taylor

• 4-CD SET

• 24-PAGE BOOKLET

• INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

All existing recordings made by Cecil Taylor for the legendary Candid label!

Produced by legendary jazz critic Nat Hentoff in 1960-61, these recordings are essential to the history of modern jazz.

Featured are such star sidemen as Archie Shepp, Clark Terry, Steve Lacy, Billy Higgins, and bassist Buell Neidlinger, who was the original leader on half of these sessions.

A complete 1961 Taylor septet session produced by Creed Taylor, and the pianist’s entire 1957 quartet performance at Newport have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• 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]:
• Clarck Terry (trumpet)
• Roswell Rudd (trombone)
• Steve Lacy (soprano sax)
• Archie Shepp (tenor sax)
• Charles Davis (baritone sax)
• Cecil Taylor (piano)
• BUELL NEIDLINGER, basBuell Neidlinger (bass)
• New York, January 10, 1961.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• CD FOUR [4-6]: Ted Curson (trumpet on 6 only), Roswell Rudd (trombone on 6 only), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Archie Shepp (tenor sax), Cecil Taylor (piano), Henry Grimes (bass), Sunny Murray (drums), Gil Evans (conductor).
• Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 10, 1961.

• CD FOUR [7-9]: Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Cecil Taylor (piano), Buell Neidlinger (bass), Dennis Charles (drums).
• Newport Jazz Festival, afternoon, July 6, 1957

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (Total Time: 70:08)
• 01 AIR [take 5]
• 02 NUMBER ONE [take 1]
• 03 NUMBER ONE [take 3]
• 04 THIS NEARLY WAS MINE
• 05 AIR [take 9]
• 06 E.B. [take 2]

• CD TWO (Total Time: 78:31)
• 01 LAZY AFTERNOON
• 02 AIR [take 21]
• 03 AIR [take 28]
• 04 AIR [take 29]
• 05 PORT OF CALL [take 2]
• 06 PORT OF CALL [take 3]
• 07 DAVIS [take 1]
• 08 DAVIS [take 3]
• 09 O.P. [take 1]
• 10 I FORGOT

• CD THREE (Total Time:76:00)
• 01 CELL WALK FOR CELESTE [take 1]
• 02 CELL WALK FOR CELESTE [take 3]
• 03 CELL WALK FOR CELESTE [take 8]
• 04 SECTION C
• 05 JUMPIN’ PUNKINS [take 4]
• 06 THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE [take 1]
• 07 THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE [take 3]
• 08 CINDY’S MAIN MOOD

• CD FOUR
• 01 JUMPIN’ PUNKINS [take 5]
• 02 JUMPIN’ PUNKINS [take 6]
• 03 O.P. [take 2]
• 04 POTS (*)
• 05 BULBS (*)
• 06 MIXED (*)
• 07 JOHNNY CAME LATELY (*)
• 08 NONA’S BLUES (*)
• 09 TUNE 2 (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: