Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1989
updated 04.12.07

89.01.25

January 25, 1989

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio:

Washington, D.C.

1.[55:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

Primary Source: Tape, RL, info via Ed Hazell

89.01.28

CECIL TAYLOR - MAX ROACH DUO

Bologna (I)

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

1) Solo - Roach (Roach) 8:20
2) Solo - Taylor (Taylor) 7:25
3) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 43:50
4) Solo - Roach ? (Roach ?) 3:00
5) For Charles Mingus (Solo-Taylor) (Taylor) 1:00
6) For Charles Mingus (Solo-Roach) (Roach) 1:20
7) For Charles Mingus (Duo) (Taylor,Roach) 24:10
8) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 1:40

{Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal, Private Tape (audience recording)

89.02.03

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio

February 3, 1989
Sweet Basil
New York City

1.First Set [45:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: Tape, RL, info via Ed Hazell}

89.02.04

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio

February 4, 1989
Sweet Basil
New York City

1.First Set [45:00]
2.Second Set [45:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: tape, RL, info via Ed Hazell}

89.02.24

Cecil Taylor Trio

February 24, 1989
Sweet Basil
New York City

1.unknown title (incomplete) [44:00]
2.unknown title [43:00]

(All compositions, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (d; perc)

{Primary Source: Tape, RL}

89.03.02

March 21, 1989

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

First Set
Second Set

show is approx. 160 minutes, acc. to Ed Hazell

another sourced tape, mastered by Sam Byrd is as follows:


1. Part 1: 37:38
2. Part 2: 37:34

Cecil Taylor (p, poetry)

Nightstage, Cambridge, Ma.

{Primary Source: Tape au/m>cdr from Sam Byrd, JH; other source tapes: EH}

89.08.22
Cecil Taylor Quartet: Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / Teatro do Hotel Nacional de Rio, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil

"On this tour were Max Roach, Odean Pope, George Benson, Horace Silver, the Count Basie Big Band with Joe Williams, and John Zorn. The first gig was in Rio in a concert hall-- the event was called 'Free Jazz', a term they were not sure what it actually meant till they heard Cecil. ...the people who heard us in San Paolo began to walk out, but those that stayed flipped over the music. Two of the people in the audience were Hermeto Pascual and Djamalo Correa, two of Brazil's most respected geniuses of music. Not to mention the club hopping all night with them and Cecil, William and myself. We later hung [at] Rio Jazz Club located in the Hotel Meridien where Sivuca was playing. It's funny you mentioned this gig because William brought it to my attention the other night. He said 'remember when we went looking
for instruments in the rough part of town?' and I said yes. 'Remember carrying all those instruments down these slum type neighborhoods to find Gope, a main percussion store for pandieros and whistles and no one bothered us. And remember when the percussionist from Gilberto Gil's band saw us walking around and thought we were crazy to take such chances and he put us in a cab back to the hotel?' And William said 'but when the spirit is correct the forces will protect you we are dealing with people and they can sense your spirit and honesty'. ...William and myself jammed Samba with the hotel band every day... While in Rio D. Janeiro I had a some kind of spiritual experience-- an Orisha type
invasion or an anxiety attack-- and I was in my room by myself feeling strange and the next you know Sir William, who's room was next door, comes in without notice and puts headphones on me and plays this beautiful music that totally calmed me down-- then left back to his room next door. A truly spiritual experience for me."

[Andre Martinez archive,correspondence to RL, 02.10.08; 02.10.30; 02.11.02]

89.08.26
Cecil Taylor Quartet: Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / Free Jazz Festival, The Palace, San Paulo, Brazil "...the word FREE in this festival's name did not refer to any style, school, or concept: it was simply the brand
name of the cigarette company sponsoring it!" [Pépé Hosiasson, CODA #229 December 1989 p.21;]

89.10.00
- "...I recently did a [Friday] gig with John Zorn at the Knitting Factory... with Jemeel Moondoc... Bernie
Nicks... Ted Epstein [drums]" --William Parker, interview taken 89.10.07 by Bob Rusch [CADENCE Vol.16 No.12
December 1990 p.8]

89.10.05-09
Cecil Taylor Unit: Parker, Martinez, Bendian / Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville,
Quebec, Canada [CODA #230 February 1990 p.12; WIRE #72 p.33]
89.10.14 - Lisa Sokolow (vocals): David Gonzalez (guitar), William Parker / Westbank Cafe, NYC [CODA #229 December 1989 p.18]

89.11.02

(Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Looking (Berlin Version) {1}

Free Music Production FMP CD 25 (CD) 1990 GER

[Also:]

Cecil Taylor: Concrete {2}
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 88.07.02, 89.11.03 & 89.11.04, and 90.07.08.]

November 2, 1989
Total Music Meeting
Quartier Latin
Berlin, Germany

1.Looking (Berlin Version)
first part [36:22] {1}
second part [5:05] {1,2}
third part [30:49] {1}

(Composition, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: RL, FMP CD 25; FMP MJ 02}

89.11.03
89.11.04

Cecil Taylor: Looking (Berlin Version) Corona {1}

Free Music Production FMP CD 31 (CD) 1991 GER

[Also:]

Cecil Taylor: Concrete {2}
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 88.07.02, 89.11.02, and 90.07.08.]

November 3 & 4, 1989
Total Music Meeting
Quartier Latin
Berlin, Germany

1.Looking (Berlin Version) Corona
a. first movement [36:22] {1}
b. second movement [5:05] {1,2*}
b. third movement [30:49] {1}

( * [2:44] excerpt of this track.)

(Composition, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Harald Kimmig (v)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: RL, FMP CD 31; FMP MJ 02}

November 3, 1989 / Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

1. Looking (Berlin Version) Corona / 2 Sets First Set [68:14] (split track at 62:15)
2. encore [6:14]
3. Second Set [51:50]
4. encore [3:02]

[Total time 127:00]

FMP CD 31 has excerpts as:
b. second movement [3:30] *FMP MJ 02 has an excerpt of this excerpt (!) at [2:44]
b. third movement [7:30]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Harald Kimmig (violin)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: Rick Lopez, FMP CD 31; FMP MJ 02; info via Hannes Schneider; Jan Carlsson correspondence 04.02.14, 04.03.28}

November 4, 1989 / Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

Looking (Berlin Version) Corona / 2 Sets
1. First Set [59:14]
2. Second Set [45:20]
3. encore [7:28]
announcement, Trudy Morse [4:51]

[Total time 112:00]

FMP CD 31 has Set 1 as "a. first movement [60:15]"

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Harald Kimmig (violin)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: Rick Lopez, FMP CD 31; info via Hannes Schneider; Jan Carlsson correspondence 04.02.14, 04.03.28}

89.12.08

Town Hall, New York, NY (USA)

CECIL TAYLOR - MAX ROACH DUO

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

1) Solo - Roach (Roach) 5:40
2) Solo - Roach (Roach) 2:25
3) Solo - Taylor (Taylor) 2:30
4) Solo - Taylor (Taylor) 8:10
5) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 54:45
6) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 10:55
7) Solo - Taylor (Taylor) 1:25
8) Solo - Roach (Roach) 2:00
9) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 3:20
10) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 66:30
11) Duo (Taylor,Roach) 11:50

Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal, Private Tape (audience recording)

89.12.09
Cecil Taylor Unit: William Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / ... presented by Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Auditorium, Cleveland, OH

[RL, correspondence Andre Martinez archive]

89.12.16
Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Martinez / Iron Horse Cafe, North Hampton, MA

[RL, correspondence Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.16; 02.11.02]

89.12.17

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio

December 17, 1989
Western Front
Cambridge, MA

1.unknown titles [90:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: tape, RL, info via Ed Hazell}

89.12.18

Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Martinez / "...a reggae club for Cecil's friend Mr. Gilmore, father of guitarist Steve Gilmore." Western Front, 343 Western Ave., Cambridge, MA

[correspondence Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.16]

89.12.22

Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble

December 22, 1989
Knitting Factory
New York City

1.Save the Children []

(All compositions, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
David S. Ware (tenor sax)
John Bruschini (guitar)
Evelyn Blakey (Art's daughter!) (vocals)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: tape, RL, info via Andre Martinez archive}

89.12.23

Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble: [Unissued / Private Tape]

December 23, 1989
Knitting Factory
New York City

1.First Set [100:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
David S. Ware (tenor sax, stritch, voice)
John Bruschini (guitar, voice)
Evelyn Blakey (Art's daughter!) (vocals)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Thurman Barker (marimba, vibes, percussion, voice)
Andre Martinez (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: tape, RL, info via Ed Hazell; Andre Martinez archive}