We long knew that Cecil Taylor was an intensely creative artist, and it’s remarkable to behold this intensity that never waned even at the end of a sixty-plus year career.
‘Flashing Spirits’ by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley gives us another glimpse into this special musical alliance between two masters of improvised music during a time when the two were just getting to know each other.
As I listen to pianist Matthew Shipp’s latest release, there’s a part of me that finds it difficult to not be unduly influenced by the knowledge that Shipp thinks that Stanley Crouch is a horse’s ass. That influence is hard to ignore, since one of the qualities of Shipp’s pronouncementsRead More
It starts off with some relatively straightforward arpeggios, tensely shifting back and forth between two chords. And then…a kind of beautiful mayhem. You May Also Like: Bill Frisell – Music IS (2018) Bill Evans – Time Remembered, The Life & Music of Bill Evans (2016, DVD)
