Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1977

77.01.16

January 16, 1977

New Yorker Theatre, Toronto, ONT (CAN)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.152/ Dec.1976, S.34 (Concert schedule) and Nr.154/ April 1977, S.27 (Short notice).

77.03.23
77.03.24
77.03.25
77.03.26

March 23-26, 1977

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
David Ware (ts)
Beaver Harris (dr)

Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC (CAN)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from web-site http://www.vancouverjazz.com/vjs/index.php (Archive listing of concerts 1975-1979). Info from Coda Nr.154, March/April 1977, S.28 (Concert schedule).

77.04.??

sometime in April 1977

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
David Ware (ts)
Beaver Harris (dr)

"workshop/lecture at U of Chicago
and also did a week at the Jazz Showcase. (I saw both of these.)"

"Possibly March 19, as you have 3/23-26 in Vancouver, and there was a week between the UC concert and the weeklong engagement at the Showcase."

Primary source: personal email to jason 2/24/04 from Damon Short.

77.05.12

May 12, 1977

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Innsbruck (A)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 5/1977, S.27 (Concert schedule).

77.05.26

May 26, 1977

Sinkkasten, Frankfurt (D)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 5/1977, S.27 (Concert schedule).

77.06.03

June 3, 1977

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Garten der Nationalgalerie, Berlin (D), “Jazz In The Garden“ Concert Series

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 6/1977, S.29 (Concert schedule, announced as Cecil Taylor Unit but only a private tape from a solo concert exists). Private tape (audience recording) exists.

77.06.08

June 8, 1977

Sauschdall, Ulm (D)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 6/1977, S.30 (Concert schedule).

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 6/1977, S.30 (Concert schedule, announced as Cecil Taylor Unit !).

77.06.17

June 17, 1977

BimHuis, Amsterdam (NL)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p,voc) Jimmy Lyons (as) Raphe Malik (tp) David Ware (ts) Beaver Harris (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 46:00

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000). Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (audience recording).

77.09.06
77.09.07
77.09.08
77.09.09
77.09.10

September 6-10, 1977

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Storyville, New York, NY (USA)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.158, Nov/Dec 1977, S.31 (Short notice).

77.10.23

October 23, 1977

Blues Alley, Washington, DC (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 67:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (audience recording)

77.12.02

December 2, 1977

Großer Sendesaal des WDR, Köln (D)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO
Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 60:00
2) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 51:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadcast). Info from Jazzpodium 11/1977, S.32 (Concert schedule).