{"product_id":"cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theater-albuquerque-1979","title":"Cecil Taylor Unit - Live At The Kimo Theater Albuquerque 1979","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePackage info: Deluxe heavy tip-on 2LP gatefold jacket with ink pigment and metallic foil stamping on uncoated paper, metallic spot color gatefold plus detailed, color 12-page listening guide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Editions Archives presents Live at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979, a major new archival work by the late Cecil Taylor (1929-2018).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePianist, composer \u0026amp; bandleader \u003cstrong\u003eCecil Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e's capacious \u0026amp; audacious originality reshaped twentieth-century music. In an astounding act of artistic forbearance spanning sixty years of performing \u0026amp; recording, Taylor didn't win over so much as wear down the jazz establishment through the force \u0026amp; brilliant execution of his ideas. His methodologies \u0026amp; language, if studied at all, remain unassimilated by the twenty-first century jazz mainstream \u0026amp; its institutions. Lincoln Center turned the house lights on during Taylor's performance there (2007), a stark reminder that in spite of Guggenheim \u0026amp; MacArthur Fellowships \u0026amp; increased respect among some of his tradition-minded peers, the shock of his music had not diminished \u0026amp; he was still an outlier, if not an outlaw, presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e captures Taylor on November 20, 1979, during a rare tour of the American West with a then newly reconstituted quintet formation of his Unit. An ensemble in regular flux from the mid-1970s onward, only two members of Taylor's 1978 Unit, violinist \u003cstrong\u003eRamsey Ameen\u003c\/strong\u003e (1945-2019) \u0026amp; alto saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eJimmy Lyons\u003c\/strong\u003e (1931-1986)-the bel canto voice of every \u003cstrong\u003eCecil Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e band since 1961- made the trip with Taylor to Albuquerque. Re-entering the fold on bass \u0026amp; cello after a decade-long absence was prime mover extraordinaire \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Silva\u003c\/strong\u003e (1939-), with drummer \u003cstrong\u003eJerome Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e (1946-2015) making his \u003cstrong\u003eCecil Taylor Unit\u003c\/strong\u003e performance debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach historical incarnation of the \u003cstrong\u003eCecil Taylor Unit\u003c\/strong\u003e emphasized the musicians' freedom to infuse the architectures of Taylor's music with their own personalities. Together with the Maestro in Albuquerque, this novel formation played a concert as unique \u0026amp; fascinating as its line-up \u0026amp; instrumentation suggests, with dynamics, textures \u0026amp; interactions that are quite different from the often in-the-red, sometimes gladiatorial 1978 Taylor bands. The addition of \u003cstrong\u003eSunny Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e to this ensemble in February 1980 for the recording of \u003cstrong\u003eIt Is In The Brewing Luminous\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eHatHut\u003c\/strong\u003e) would transform the music yet again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BLACK EDITIONS ARCHIVE","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":58801769972056,"sku":"TKM-46692","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/SHE_20261015_1452_135306_466_p_Outlook-nt4tm3b1_3_001.jpg?v=1792074312","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theater-albuquerque-1979","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}