Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1984

84.02.25

February 25, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Solo 1 (Taylor) 32:00
2) Solo 2 (Taylor) 1:20
3) Solo 3 (Taylor) 2:10
4) Solo 4 (Taylor) 3:15
5) Solo 5 (Taylor) 1:30

Saalbau, Aarau (CH), Jazz Festival (24.02. – 25.02.1984)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 2/1984, S.38 (Concert schedule).
Private Tape (audience recording)

84.03.03

March 3, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Sibelius Museum, Turku (SF), 15th Jazz Festival (02.03. – 04.03.1984)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazz Festival web-site http://www.turkujazz.fi/jazz84.htm (Archive of past performers).

84.06.24

June 24, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (USA), Kool Jazz Festival (22.06 – 01.07.1984)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from CODA Nr.197/ Aug.1984, S.24, 29 (Short notice and concert review).

84.07.01

July 1, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR – MAX ROACH DUO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc) Max Roach (dr)

Ravenna (I)

1) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 45:40
2) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 6:30
3) Solo – Roach (Roach) 3:00
4) Solo – Taylor (Taylor ) 1:25
5) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 2:00

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

84.07.06

July 6, 1984

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

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 7/1984, S.39 (Concert schedule).

84.07.07

July 7, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg (D), 10th Jazz Ost-West Festival (05.07. – 08.07.1984)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 55:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 6/1984, S.44 (Festival schedule). Private Tape (broadcast). Private Video – (fragment of 21’).



84.07.13

July 13, 1984

Den Haag (NL), North Sea Jazz Festival (13.7.-15.7.1984)

STEVE LACY – CECIL TAYLOR DUO

Steve Lacy (ss) Cecil Taylor (p)

1) Unknown Title (inc.) (Lacy/Taylor) 13:00

(Excerpt of a longer performance.)
Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from DOWN BEAT Vol.51, No.10 (October 1984), S.57 (Festival report with exact concert date).Private Tape (broadcast)

84.07.00

July 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

München (D), Münchner Klaviersommer

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor) 56:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Video

84.09.01

September 1, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p)

Detroit, MI (USA), Montreux-Detroit Kool Jazz Festival (29.08 – 03.09.1984)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from CODA Nr.198/ Oct.1984, S.37, 38 (Short notice).

84.10.14

October 14, 1984

Concert Hall, Conservatorio, Mailand (I)

CECIL TAYLOR “Music from Two Continents”

Cecil Taylor (p)
Enrico Rava (tp,flgh)
Tomasz Stanko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
John Tchicai (ts,bcl,voc)
Frank Wright (ts,voc)
Gunter Hampel (bs,bcl,fl)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b)
Andre Martinez (dr,perc)
Rashid Bakr (dr)
Brenda Bakr (voc)

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Info from Jazzpodium 10/1984, S.45 (Concert schedule).
Info from Rick Lopez .

84.10.15

October 15, 1984

Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents)

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Enrico Rava (tp)
Tomasz Stánko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts voc)
John Tchicai (as; ts; bcl; voc)
Gunter Hampel (bs; bcl; fl; vbs)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b; perc)
André Martinez (d; perc)

Opera der Stadt Koln Offenbachplatz 1
Köln (Cologne), Germany

1.unknown title [67:51] (continuous set, split track, incomplete)

"This is the first set of the concert" - Jan Ström

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

84.10.18

Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents): [Unissued / Broadcast Video Tape]

Television Broadcast [Pragokoncert Ceskoslovenska' umelecka' agentura porada' pod zastitou ministerstva kultury CSR]

October 18, 1984
Jazzovy Festival Praha 84
Ministry of Culture
Prague, Checkoslavakia
1.Music for Two Continents, part 1 [72:42] (incomplete)
2.radio announcement [0:51]
3.Music for Two Continents, part 2 [12:12] (incomplete)
4.announcement [0:18]

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Enrico Rava (tp)
Tomasz Stánko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts; bcl; voc)
John Tchicai (ts; voc)
Gunter Hampel (bs; bcl; fl)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b)
André Martinez (d; perc)

"...[the concert] was televised. When we got to the Airport a [female] police officer, and there were many, recognized me and let me through with my bags and 5 trap cases, no problem. Then Cecil, who came afterwards, was made to go to the office and searched-- needless to say he was enraged." --Andre Martinez correspondence to RL, 02.10.16

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive}

84.10.20

Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents): [Unissued / Broadcast Tape]

Swiss Radio Broadcast

October 20, 1984
Mühle Hunzigen
Rubigen, Switzerland
1.Music for Two Continents, part 1 [72:42] (incomplete)
2.radio announcement [0:51]
3.Music for Two Continents, part 2 [12:12] (incomplete)
4.announcement [0:18]
"This was a great little place, with the stage was in the middle of the room. People all around you and above because there was a balcony that went around the stage. This was a great hit, lots of good vibes and a packed house. [The crowd was] charged and that fueled us like being in a stadium."
--Andre Martinez correspondence to RL, 02.11.06

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Enrico Rava (tp)
Tomasz Stánko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts; bcl; voc)
John Tchicai (ts; voc)
Gunter Hampel (bs; bcl; fl)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b)
André Martinez (d; perc)

Primary Source: RL, 2CD-R; Jan Ström' s Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography

84.10.21
84.10.22
84.10.23
84.10.24

Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) {1}

Soul Note SN 1089 (LP) 1985 IT; SN 1089 CD (CD)

Also:
Various Artists: Black Saint / Soul Note Critics' Pick Sampler Vol. 3 {2}
Black Saint / Soul Note BS/SN-C003 (CD) 1998 IT
October 21, 22, 23, & 24, 1984
* Martinez adds the 21st, not included in the final edit, to the other three dates.
Studio 7
Milano, Italy
1.Taht [8:50] {1,2}
2.Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [13:04] {1}
3.Cun-Un-Un-Un-Un-An [7:10] {1}
4.Winged Serpent [13:54] {1}
(All compositions, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Enrico Rava (tp; voc)
Tomasz Stánko (tp; voc)
Jimmy Lyons (as; voc)
Frank Wright (ts; voc)
John Tchicai ts; bcl; voc)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax; bcl; voc)
Karen Borca (bassoon; voc)
William Parker (b; voc)
Rashid Bakr (d; voc)
André Martinez (d; perc; voc)

Primary Source: SN 1089; BS/SN-C003

84.10.26

Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents): [Unissued / Broadcast Video Tape]

"This was a televised event." --Martinez

October 26, 1984
Jazz Jamboree 84 - 26th International Jazz Festival
Sala Kongresowa
Warsaw, Poland
1.unknown titles []

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Enrico Rava (tp)
Tomasz Stánko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts; bcl; voc)
John Tchicai (ts; voc)
Gunter Hampel (bs; bcl; fl)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b)
André Martinez (d; perc)

"...a very educational experience for William and myself and the others: seeing how the other side lives. William and I went instrument shopping for trumpets which we still have... That Tomazo Stanko was from Poland and a celebrity was to our great benifit. Buddy Rich, Michele Rosewoman and Ornette Coleman also performed at this major event. Kamal Sabir (drummer for Ornette) was there along with Rosewoman's conga players, Eddie Bobe and Eddie Rodridguez, all of whom I grew up playing and studying with through the years. ...After concerts all festival participants would gather on the first floor of the hall and then be taken to various clubs to hang and jam. Some of the clubs were called AKWARIUM, HYBRYDY, RIVIERA-REMONT and the STODOLA, all nearby the concert hall... It was a wonderful trip for us and I remember when we were leaving I noticed alot of people crying, young people especially, and Jimmy said [it was] because their relatives were leaving and they were older-- perhaps they would never see them again. Young people at the time were not allowed to leave the country..." --Andre Martinez
correspondence to RL, 02.10.20; 02.11.02; 02.11.05

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive}

84.10.27
Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents: (personnel as above) / Grande Salle, Nouveau Theatre De Belfort,
Belfort, France [Andre Martinez archive, correspondence to RL, 02.11.05]

84.10.30

October 30, 1984

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO + CECIL TAYLOR

Lester Bowie (tp,perc)
Roscoe Mitchell (as,ss,bass-s,perc)
Joseph Jarman (ts,ssi,fl,perc)
Malachi Favors (b,perc)
Don Moye (dr,perc)
Cecil Taylor (p,voc,perc)

Le Theatre Musical de Paris, Paris (F)

1) Continuous Set (Unknown Titles) (AEOC) 92:00

Primary source: Heinrich Smejkal: Private Tape (broadast) (fragment of 55’ only).
Private Video.

84.11.01

Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents: [Unissued / Broadcast Tape and Videotape]

French Radio Broadcast

November 1, 1984
Festival de Paris
Teatre Musical De Paris
Paris, France
1.Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [47:21]
2.unknown title [27:56]

[Total time 1:19:44]
(Compositions, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (p; voc)
Tomasz Stánko (tp)
Jimmy Lyons (as; voc)
Frank Wright (ts; voc)
John Tchicai (ts; voc)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax; bcl; fl; voc)
Karen Borca (bassoon; voc)
William Parker (b)
André Martinez (d; perc; voc)

"...watching the Paris tape... if you notice after the first set, we leave the stage and don't come back for encore. Reason being, the night before Cecil was put on the spot and was made to play with the Art Ensemble of Chicago as part of contract, and monies of entire tour was tied in somehow. So the maestro did perform with them. The next day the maestro plays, but one set only, as agreed.
So we play, the crowd is going wild chanting and all, and no band returns. You know these crowds can level the place if you don't respond quick enough. Needless to say the promoter is flipping out. The response from the maestro: "Well, if we are to play a SECOND SET!!! Then that will require SECOND SET!!! compensation. The frantic promoter then compensates the maestro, and
we return to the stage... The Paris gig was the finale of the Two Continents tour and of the Paris Jazz fest." --André Martinez correspondence to RL, 02.05.26; 02.10.29.

{Primary Source: RL, Tape; Videotape; info via André Martinez archive}

84.11.05

November 5, 1984

Teatro CIAK, Mailand (I)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts)
William Parker (b)
Andre Martinez (dr)

Primary source: Info from Rick Lopez web-site http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/parker.disc.html.
A Videotape of this performance exists.

84.11.17

November 17, 1984

Irving Plaza, New York, NY (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts)
Roy Campbell (tp)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (b)
Andre Martinez (dr)

1) Untitled Composition (Taylor) 46:30
2) Untitled Composition (Taylor) 19:10
2) Untitled Composition (Taylor) 11:40

Primary source: Info from Jan Ström “Jimmy Lyons – a Sessionography” (2000).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from WIRE No.12/ Feb.1985, S.14 (Concert review, no date mentioned).
Heinrich Smejkal: Info from CODA Nr.199/ Dec.1984, S.37 (Concert date mentioned). Private Tape (audience recording) exists.

84.12.00

December 1984

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts)
William Parker (b)
Andre Martinez (dr)

Blue Note, New York, NY (USA)

1) Untitled Composition (Taylor) 47:00

Primary source: Info from Rick Lopez web-site (engagement from 11.12. – 16.12.1984). Private Tape (audience recording)

84.12.17

December 17, 1984

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Frank Wright (ts)
William Parker (b)
Andre Martinez (dr)

Imac Theater, Huntington, Long Island, NY (USA)

Primary source: Info from Rick Lopez