Taylor, Cecil 1929-2018

Overview

Works:	551 works in 1,527 publications in 6 languages and 10,199 library holdings
Genres:	Jazz Live sound recordings Educational films Biography Internet videos Interviews Documentary films Criticism, interpretation, etc Piano music (Jazz) Free jazz
Roles:	Author, Performer, Instrumentalist, Composer, Creator, pf=, Conductor, Narrator, Singer, Arranger, Interviewee, Contributor, Publisher, Other, Dedicatee, Lyricist, Bibliographic antecedent
Classifications:	M1366, 781.65

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Cecil Taylor

Miles, Ornette, Cecil : jazz beyond jazz by Howard Mandel( Book )
Cecil Taylor : All the Notes( Visual )
Imagine the sound by Ron Mann( 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 )
Always a pleasure : Begegnungen mit Cecil Taylor by Meinrad Buholzer( Book )
The Cecil Taylor pomes 1966-2009 by Steven Dalachinsky( Book )
Cecil Taylor by César Aira( Book )
Say brother television stills collection by Lloyd Cogell( Visual )
Cecil Taylor, Alain Kirili by Cecil Taylor( Book )
Freedom and individuality in the music of Cecil Taylor by Matthew Goodheart( )
You are alms by James W Thompson( 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 736 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 1998 in 5 languages and held by 513 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 423 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 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

2 editions published in 2004 and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jazz : the Smithsonian anthology( Recording )

2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Cecil Taylor Unit by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

22 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 324 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 )

42 editions published between 1960 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Looking ahead! by Cecil Taylor Quartet( Recording )

16 editions published between 1959 and 1990 in 4 languages and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Silent tongues by Cecil Taylor( Recording )

37 editions published between 1975 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Flying toward the sound by Geri Allen( Visual )

3 editions published in 2010 and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dark to themselves by Cecil Taylor Unit( )

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

Air above mountains by Cecil Taylor( )

14 editions published between 1973 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mixed by Cecil Taylor( )

11 editions published in 1998 in 3 languages and held by 133 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

Momentum space by Dewey Redman( Recording )

14 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 132 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( )

11 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At Newport by Gigi Gryce( )

6 editions published in 2002 in 3 languages and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Leaf palm hand by Cecil Taylor( )

7 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in No Linguistic content and German and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.41 (from 0.20 for Cecil Tayl ... 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
Grimes, Henry Performer Instrumentalist
Sirone 1940-2009 Performer Instrumentalist
Ameen, Ramsey Performer Instrumentalist
Jackson, Ronald Shannon 1940-2013 Performer Instrumentalist
Cyrille, Andrew 1939- Performer Instrumentalist
Neidlinger, Buell Performer Instrumentalist

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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) Bley, Paul Blues musicians Coleman, Ornette Coltrane, John, Davis, Miles Dixon, Bill, Ellington, Duke, Free jazz Getz, Stan, Gordon, Dexter, Gospel musicians Improvisation (Music) Jazz Jazz--Analysis, appreciation Jazz--Instruction and study Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Manners and customs Marsalis, Wynton, Mingus, Charles, Music Musicians Music--Social aspects New Age musicians New York (State)--New York New York (State)--New York--Harlem Pianists Piano Piano--Instruction and study Piano music (Jazz) Piano music (Pianos (2)) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Reggae musicians 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 American pianist and poet

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 عازف بيانو وشاعر أمريكي

سیسیل تیلور پیانیست، شاعر، و موسیقی‌دان آمریکایی

セシル・テイラー

塞西尔·泰勒

Languages

English (88)

German (12)

Spanish (6)

Italian (3)

French (2)

Dutch (1)