Taylor, Cecil 1929-2018

Overview

Works:	483 works in 1,390 publications in 6 languages and 10,316 library holdings
Genres:	Jazz Live sound recordings Interviews Educational films Biography Internet videos Documentary films Criticism, interpretation, etc Free jazz Alternate takes (Sound recordings)
Roles:	Author, Performer, Instrumentalist, Composer, Conductor, Singer, Bibliographic antecedent, Interviewee, Arranger, Dedicatee, Other, Publisher, Contributor, Lyricist
Classifications:	M1366, 781.65

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Cecil Taylor

Miles, Ornette, Cecil : jazz beyond jazz by Howard Mandel( Book )
Four lives in the bebop business by A. B Spellman( Book )
Cecil Taylor : All the Notes( Visual )
Imagine the sound( Visual )
Contemporary musicians : profiles of the people in music by Suzanne M Bourgoin( )

Cecil Taylor( Visual )
Cecil Taylor by César Aira( Book )
Auf der Suche nach Cecil Taylor by Meinrad Buholzer( Book )
Improvisation analysis of selected works of Albert Ayler, Roscoe Mitchell and Cecil Taylor by Jane Martha Reynolds( )
Caseworks as performed by Cecil Taylor and the Art Ensemble of Chicago : a musical analysis and sociopolitical history by Matthew J Kiroff( )
The free place : literary, visual, and jazz creations of space in the 1960s by Andrew Walsh Bartlett( Book )
Miles, Ornette, Cecil : how Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized the world of jazz by Howard Mandel( Book )
Jazz by Ken Burns( Visual )
Fine British pottery, porcelain and enamels by Bonhams (Firm : 2001)( Book )
The music of Cecil Taylor : an analysis of selected piano solos 1973-89 by Mark Bobak( )
The Cecil Taylor pomes 1966-2009 by Steven Dalachinsky( Book )
Cecil Taylor by César Aira( Book )
The group surrounding Allen Ginsberg : by Christopher Felver( )
You are alms by James W Thompson( Book )
Cecil Taylor, Alain Kirili by Cecil Taylor( Book )

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Most widely held works by Cecil Taylor

Ken Burns jazz : the story of America's music by Ken Burns( Recording )

2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 749 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Music from the PBS special Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns

Unit structures by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

34 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1: Steps 10:15; 2: Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure); 3: Enter, Evening (Alternate take) 10:06; 4: Unit Structure/ As of a Now/ Section 17:45; 5: Tales (8 Whisps) 7:10

Cecil Taylor by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

21 editions published between 1978 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jimmy Lyons, saxophone; Raphe Malik, trumpet; Ramsey Ameen, violin

3 phasis by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

17 editions published between 1979 and 2007 in Undetermined and No Linguistic content and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Algonquin : commissioned by the Library of Congress by Cecil Taylor( )

3 editions published in 2004 and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jazz : the Smithsonian anthology( Recording )

2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Cecil Taylor Unit by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

20 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lyons, Jimmy Alot Saxophone; Malik, Raphe Trumpet; Ameen, Ramsey Violin; Sirone bass; Jackson, Ronald Shannon drums

Conquistador! by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

37 editions published between 1966 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Looking ahead! by Cecil Taylor Quartet( Recording )

19 editions published between 1959 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Silent tongues by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

33 editions published between 1975 and 2001 in 6 languages and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, 2 July 1974

Flying toward the sound by Geri Allen( Recording )

3 editions published in 2010 and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dark to themselves by Cecil Taylor Unit( )

17 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Air above mountains by Cecil Taylor( )

13 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 153 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Momentum space by Dewey Redman( Recording )

13 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in 5 languages and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The owner of the river bank by Cecil Taylor( )

9 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mixed by Cecil Taylor( )

9 editions published in 1998 in 3 languages and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Leaf palm hand by Cecil Taylor( )

9 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jazz advance by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

1 edition published in 1991 and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Embraced by Mary Lou Williams( )

10 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At Newport by Gigi Gryce( )

6 editions published in 2002 in 3 languages and held by 106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.40 (from 0.21 for Ken Burns ... to 0.95 for Cecil Tayl ...)

Related Identities

Lyons, Jimmy 1931-1986 Performer Instrumentalist
Cecil Taylor Unit Performer Instrumentalist Musician
Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc
Malik, Raphé Performer Instrumentalist
Jackson, Ronald Shannon 1940-2013 Performer Instrumentalist
Coleman, Ornette Performer Instrumentalist Author Dedicatee
Sirone 1940- Performer Instrumentalist
Grimes, Henry Performer Instrumentalist
Ameen, Ramsey Performer Instrumentalist
Porter, Cole 1891-1964

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Associated Subjects

African American jazz musicians African American musicians African Americans Alternate takes (Sound recordings) Armstrong, Louis, Art Ensemble of Chicago Avant-garde (Music) Ayler, Albert Bley, Paul Coleman, Ornette Coltrane, John, Davis, Miles Dixon, Bill, Ellington, Duke, Free jazz Getz, Stan, Gordon, Dexter, Improvisation (Music) Jazz Jazz--Analysis, appreciation Jazz--Instruction and study Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Manners and customs Marsalis, Wynton, McLean, Jackie Mingus, Charles, Mitchell, Roscoe, Music Musicians Music--Social aspects New York (State)--New York New York (State)--New York--Harlem Nichols, Herbie, Pianists Piano Piano--Instruction and study Piano music (Jazz) Piano music (Pianos (2)) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Roach, Max, Saxophone music (Jazz) Shepp, Archie Suites (Jazz ensemble) Suites (Piano) Taylor, Cecil, Trombone music (Jazz) United States Violin and piano music

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Alternative Names

Cecil Taylor

Cecil Taylor americký klavírista a hudební skladatel

Cecil Taylor Amerikaans pianist

Cecil Taylor amerikansk pianist, poet och musiker

Cecil Taylor amerikansk pianist, poet og musikar

Cecil Taylor amerikansk pianist, poet og musiker

Cecil Taylor pianista estadounidense de jazz

Cecil Taylor pianista estadounidense de jazz (1929-2018)

Cecil Taylor pianista i poeta amerykański

Cecil Taylor pianista statunitense

Cecil Taylor poète et pianiste américain

Cecil Taylor US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Komponist und Dichter

Taylor, Cecil.

Taylor, Cecil, 1929-

Taylor, Cecil 1933-

Taylor, Cecil P. 1929-

Taylor, Cecil P. 1929-2018

Taylor, Cecil Perceval 1929-

Taylor, Cecil Perceval 1929-2018

Taylor Cecil Percival

Taylor, Cecil Percival 1929-

Taylor Cecil Percival 1929-2018

Сесіл Тейлор

Тэйлор, Сесил

ססיל טיילור

سيسيل تايلور

سیسیل تیلور پیانیست، شاعر، و موسیقی‌دان آمریکایی

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Languages

English (81)

German (11)

Spanish (6)

French (2)

Italian (2)

Dutch (1)