Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1962



Kurt Lindgren, Jimmy Lyons and Cecil
Golden Circle in Stockholm in October 1962
Photo by Nils Edström, thanks jan!

Official releases from 1962 sessions:

62.10.10 - The Early Unit 1962 (Ingo)

62.11.23 - Live at the Cafe Montmartre, Revenant 202 (CD)

(from Rick Lopez' site), "Seed documents via Igor Danilishen and Robert Shapiro. Detailed listing with many additional alternate releases at Robert Shapiro's Sessionography of Cecil Taylor"

Last updated on 3/07

62.09.00

September 1962

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO ? GROUP ?

Take 3 Coffeehouse, NYC

Primary Source: Michael Fitzgerald: VV 9/20/62 p.15.

62.09.00

September 1962

CECIL TAYLOR TRIO

Take 3 Coffeehouse, NYC

Cecil Taylor-p
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Sonny Murray (d)

Primary Source: "I was there at the Take Two in Greenwich Village on Bleecker Street. It was
a trio with Jimmy Lyons and Sonny Murray (just before they went to Europe)." -David Gitin, who attended concert, in personal email to jason hook on 3/25/03.

62.10.14

October 14, 1962

Cecil Taylor-p
Jimmy Lyons-as
Kurt Lindgren-b
Sunny Murray-d

1. Announcement, Swedish
2. Spontaneous Improvisation (14:18)
3. Flamingo (13:51)
4. What's New (7:06)
Total time (35:09)

1 – 3. TV broadcast, tape
2 – 3. Ingo (Italy), Sixteen, "The Early Unit 1962", (LP)
4. In circulation as a radio broadcast.

Notes: The LP, # 2 – 3, is made from the TV broadcast.
According to Sunny Murray, it only happened once in Stockholm that a
recording session took place and as Kurt Lindgren played with the
group only 2 days, it is likely that the possible radio recording
took place on the same occasion as the TV recording. The TV broadcast
is confirmed by a notice in an article from Orkesterjournalen (SE),
November 1962.
The TV tape was reused.
The announcement is made by Bengt "Abbe" Johansson.

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström, #4 also documented by Ed Hazell in his unpubished C. T. discography

62.10.00

October, 1962

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Sunny Murray (dr)

Metropole Jazz Club
Oslo, Norway

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström "Jimmy Lyons - a Sessionography" (2000).
One week club engagement.

62.10.00

October, 1962

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Kurt Lindgren (b)
Sunny Murray (dr)

Golden Circle, Stockholm

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström "Jimmy Lyons - a Sessionography" (2000).
Two weeks club engagement.



62.10.00B

October 1962

CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET

Cecil Taylor(p)
Jimmy Lyons(as)
Kurt Lindgren(b)
Sunny Murray(dr)

Golden Circle, Stockholm, Sweden

1. Unknown titles

Notes: This was a 2 weeks gig after a one week October gig in Oslo,
Norway.
The Quartet should had included Henry Grimes on bass but Kurt
Lindgren had to substitute.
Lars Werner wrote about the performances in Orkesterjournalen (SE),
November 1962. Also Estrad (SE) had an article.

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström

62.11.16

November 16, 1962

Cecil Taylor-p
Albert Ayler-as
Jimmy Lyons-as
Sunny Murray-d

1. TV introduction, Danish (0:06)
2. Presentation by Börje Roger Henrichsen (4:09)
3. Unknown title (20:45)
Total time (25,00)

1 – 3 TV broadcast, tape.

Notes: The concert was broadcast in Danish TV but the tape was
reused due to shortage of tapes.
Title # 3 was radio broadcast by WKCR-FM, NYC on an "Albert Ayler
Birthday Broadcast" July 13, 1986.
The announcer is referring to a date of September 26, 1963 which is
the date of the TV broadcast from Copenhagen.

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström

62.11.23

November 23, 1962

Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark

CECIL TAYLOR TRIO

Cecil Taylor(p), Jimmy Lyons(as), Sunny Murray(dr)

1. Trance (8:54)
2. Call (8:48)
3. Lena (6:42)
4. D Trad, That's What (21:18)
5. What's New (12:06)
6. Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (9:42)
7. Lena (second version) (13:45) INC
8. Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (8:06)
9. Call, 2nd version (6:24)
10. D Trad, That's What, 2nd version.
(Untitled Sample) (20:03)
Total time (116:36)

1 – 10. Revenant 202, "Nefertiti, The Beautiful One
Has Come", (2CD)
1 - 10. Freedom TKCB-70310 J, "Live At The Cafe Montmartre", (2CD)
1 - 8. Arista Freedom, AL-1905, "Nefertiti, The Beauriful One Has
Come", (2LP)
1 - 4. Freedom 28 422-4 U, "Innovations", (LP)
1 – 4. Debut DEB 138, (LP)
1 – 4. Fantasy LPS8-6014, (LP)
1 – 4. Fontana 688602ZL, (LP)
1 – 4. Fontana SFJL928, (LP)
1 – 4. Freedom FLP40106, "Innovations", (LP)
1 – 4. Polydor 2383-094, "Innovations", (LP)
1 – 4,9.Black Lion BLCD 760220, "Trance", CD)
5 - 8. Debut DEB148, "Nefertiti, The Beauitful One Has Come", (LP)
5 – 8. Fontana 688609ZL, „Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come",
(LP)
5 – 8. Freedom 28487-7U, „What's New", (LP)
5 – 8. Freddom FLP41005, "What's New", (LP)

Notes: On Revenant 202, there are 2 empty tracks.
Sunny Murray as Arthur Murray on Freedom TKCB-70310

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström

62.11.26

November 26, 1962

CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET

Cecil Taylor(p)
Jimmy Lyons(as)
Albert Ayler(ts)
Sunny Murray(dr)

1. What's New
2. Unknown titles

Erikslust, Malmö, Sweden

Notes: The gig was arranged by the club "Le Celeste".
No recording is known

Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström