Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1978

(last updated on 12/05)

78.02.00 ("mid month")

February, 1978

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Rising Sun, Montreal, QC (CAN)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000). Further details from Rick Lopez on CTR yahoo group.

78.03.12

March 12, 1978

Cecil Taylor Solo

Zellerbach Auditorium UC Berkeley

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: personal recollection by David Gitin, who attended concert, in personal email to jason hook on 3/25/03. "Paul Bley (solo) during first half, CT second half".

78.03.00

March 1978

WKCR-FM Studio, New York, NY (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000) – dates are listed as 24.03. – 26.03.1978.


78.04.07
78.04.08

April 7, 8, 1978

Horseshoe Tavern, Ontario, ONT (CAN)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.160, April 1978, S.27 (Short notice).



78.04.15

April 15, 1978

The Rising Sun, Montreal, QC (CAN)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.160, April 1978, S.27 (Short notice – 3 consecutive nights engagement).

78.04.20

April 20, 1978

Whitney Museum, New York, NY (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).

78.05.05

May 5, 1978

Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg (D), 7th Festival Jazz Ost – West (04.05. – 07.05.1978)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Untitled Improvisation (inc.) (Taylor) 26:25
2) Untitled Improvisation (inc.) (Taylor) 7:10

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: 1) fragment from an audience recording, 2) fragment from a radio broadcast. Info from Jazzpodium 6/1978, S.22 (Festivalreport). Private Tape (audience recording + broadcast)

78.05.10

May 10, 1978

München (D)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 94:00
2) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 12:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadcast)

78.05.12

May 12, 1978

Moers (D), 6th New Jazz Festival (12.05. – 15.05.1978)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 82:30
2) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 6:50

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

78.05.19

May 19, 1978

Domicil, Dortmund (D)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 5/1978, S.31 (Concert schedule).

78.05.20

May 20, 1978

Saalfelden (A), 1st Jazz Festival (19.05. – 21.05.1978)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 90:00

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

78.05.21

May 21, 1978

Porrhaus, Wien (A)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 73:30
2) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 69:10

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

78.05.26

May 26, 1978

Hilversum (NL)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 71:00

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

78.05.28

May 28, 1978

Sinkkasten, Frankfurt (D)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 5/1978, S.31 (Concert schedule).


78.05.30

May 30, 1978

Stadttheater, Basel (CH)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 67:20
2) Untitled Improvisation (inc.) (Taylor) 74:20

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

78.06.03

June 3, 1978

Kurhaus, Kirchzarten (D), SWF – Jazz Session

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) The Eel Pot (Taylor) 25:05
2) Sperichill On Calling (Taylor) 36:40

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Above listed takes are only 2 excerpts of a more than 90’ lasting performance. Info from Jazzpodium 7/1978, S.17 (Concert review). Private Tape (broadcast)

78.06.04

June 4, 1978

Schloß Freiberg, Gleisdorf (A)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 91:00

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from JAZZFORUM Nr.55/ Oct.1978, S.52, 53 (Festival report).

Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (audience recording) CS 1457.

78.06.09

June 9, 1978

Quartier Latin, Berlin (D)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Duo Malik-Lyons (Malik, Lyons) 13:15
2) Duo Sirone-Ameen (Sirone, Ameen) 9:25
3) Solo Jackson (Jackson) 5:15
4) Solo Taylor (Taylor) 11:30
5) Sextet (Taylor) 84:00

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 6/1978, S.30 (Concert schedule).
Private Tape (audience recording)

 

78.06.10

June 10, 1978

Großer Sendesaal, Funkhaus, Köln (D)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (dr)

1) Third Part Of One (Taylor) 22:00
2) Third Worlds making (inc.) (Taylor) 33:00

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).

Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadcast)

78.06.18

June 18, 1978

The White House, Washington, DC (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 7:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadcast)

78.06.24

June 24, 1978

Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (USA), 25th Newport Jazz Festival

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (tp)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (b)
Steve McCall (dr)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from DOWN BEAT Vol.45, No.15 (07.09.1978) S.23, 56 (Concert review).

78.07.01
78.07.02

July 1, 2, 1978

Newport
Jazz Festival, Saratoga, New York

Cecil Taylor Unit

Ji mmy Lyons (as)
Sirone (b)
"McCall... others?"

Primary Source: Rick Lopez, MUSICA JAZZ July 1978 p.32 / on-line index

78.07.22

July 22, 1978

Antibes – Juan les Pins (F), Jazz Festival

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Belly By Bottomless (Taylor)
2) Passion Is Like That (Taylor)
3) Chorus De Sud (Taylor)
4) Passages (Taylor) Total: 49:15
5) Untitled Improvisation – Encore (Taylor) 5:25

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadcast)

78.11.13
78.11.14

November 13, 14, 1978

Horsehoe, Toronto

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
other members of the group unknown

Primary source: Dan Givens (dan.given@ualberta.ca), in email, to jason, of poster from gig being sold on ebay.

 


78.11.17

November 17, 1978

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Ramsey Ameen (v)
Raphe Malik (t)
Ken Tyler (drums?)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000), clarification of personnel by David Gitin in personal email ("I was there at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. The group was Cecil, Ramsey Ameen, Jimmy Lyons, Raphe Malik, Ken Tyler") to jason on 10/17/04.


78.11.27


November 27, 1978

Vancouver, BC (CAN)

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.163/ Oct.1978, S.24 (Concert schedule).

78.12.07
78.12.08

December 7, 8, 1978

Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphe Malik (t)
Ramsey Amin (v)("but did not look particularly like him")
Ken Tyler (d)

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Coda Nr.163/ Oct.1978, S.28, 29 (Concert schedule – announced as Solo and Quartet performances).
Further clarification on personnel by Pierre Toureille via personal email to jason on 7/20/04: "I was at that show."

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