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Cecil Taylor
real name Cecil Percival Taylor
New York City, United States · 1929-03-25 – 2018-04-05
Cecil Taylor is credited on 731 releases across 141 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
731
Credits
141
Albums
8
Decades active
99
In collections
Biography
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American free jazz pianist; born March 25, 1929 in New York City; died April 5, 2018 in New York City
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
731 releases · 141 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 1,466
- Other credits · 198
- Production · 34
Studios: Nola Recording Studios · Jazzhus Montmartre · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays
1963
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
High Jazz
2010
Hard Driving Jazz
1959
Unit Structures
1966
The Joy Of Flying
1979
Unwound
1995
Swing Kids
1994
The Dissection And Reconstruction Of Music From The Past As Performed By The Inmates Of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble As A Tribute To The Memory Of The Marquis De Sade
1966
Silent Tongues (Live At Montreux '74)
1975
Conquistador!
1968
Looking Ahead!
1959
In Transition
1975
Into The Hot
1962
The World Of Cecil Taylor
1961
Burn The Incline
2000
Momentum Space
1999
Trane's Blues
1999
Air Above Mountains < Buildings Within >
1977
The Drums
1974
Indent
1973
Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972
Piano Modern
1966
The Hits
2019
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Cecil Taylor Unit
- John Coltrane
- Steve Lacy
- The Gil Evans Orchestra
- Cecil Taylor Quartet
- Archie Shepp
- Evan Parker
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