Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1981

81.00.00

1981

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (dr)

Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA (USA)

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

81.05.28

May 28, 1981

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (dr)

Public Theatre, New York, NY (USA)

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

81.05.29

May 29, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

New York City
1.[75:00]

Primary Source: RL, info via Ed Hazell, Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000)

81.05.30

Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Khan Jamal (vibes), Ellen Christi (vocals) /
Greenspace, NYC "...returned recently from a successful tour of Poland..." [CODA June 1981 #179 p.36], RL

81.08.07

August 7, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

New York City
1.[88:00]

{Primary Source: RL, info via Ed Hazell}

81.08.00

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Lush Life Club, New York, NY (USA)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 38:00

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

81.10.29-??

October 29 and ??, 1981

- Cecil Taylor (no personnel details)

S.F. International KJAZ
Jazz Festival, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA

Primary source: RL: DOWNBEAT October 1981 p.13 "...Festival will kick off 10/29..."

81.10.31

October 31, 1981

Cecil Taylor Quartet

San Francisco, CA (No other info, part of above?)

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Primary source: personal recollection by David Gitin, who attended concert, in personal email to jason hook on 3/25/03.

81.11.06

November 6, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

French Broadcast
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

1.Ahide (inc.) (incomplete) [44:00]
2.unknown title [49:00]
(Compositions, Cecil Taylor)

{Primary Source: RL, Tape, Heinrich Smejkal

81.11.07

November 7, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Zürich, Switzerland

1. Ahide (inc.) [20:00]
(Composition, Cecil Taylor)

{Primary Source: RL, info via Heinrich Smejkal}

81.11.08

Cecil Taylor: Calling it the Eighth (edited version) {1}

hat Musics 3508 (LP) SWZ 1981

81.11.09

November 9, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Mailand, Italy

1.unknown title [41:00]
(Composition, Cecil Taylor)

{Primary Source: RL, info via Heinrich Smejkal: A Videotape of this performance exists

"[Cecil Taylor] recalled ...his own glory time when he took an 8-person Unit into the New York club Lush Life for 8 weeks..." [CODA #220 June 1988 p. 11 "Cecil Taylor in Santa Fe" by Roy Durfee]

"Lush Life, where the quartet is appearing, opened December 26th..." --NYTimes article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24 /What does this say about 81.12.19 below? --RL, looking for clarity.

81.12.00

December ?, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Raphé Malik (tp)
William Parker (b)
André Martinez (perc)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Lush Life Cafe (?), New York City

1.unknown title [63:48] (continuous set, incomplete, split track)
(Composition, Cecil Taylor)

{Primary Source: RL, Tape; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; info via André Martinez archive

81.12.19

December 19, 1981

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
William Parker (b)
Rashid Bakr (d)

Lush Life Cafe, New York City

1.unknown title [55:57] (continuous set, incomplete, split track)
(All compositions, Cecil Taylor)

{Primary Source: RL, Tape; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography}