Cecil Taylor Recordings/Sessions from 1992

92.03.26

Cecil Taylor Trio

March 26, 1992
New York City

1.[70:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

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

92.03.27

Cecil Taylor Trio

March 27, 1992
New York City

1.[70:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

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

92.03.28

Cecil Taylor Trio

March 28, 1992
New York City

1.[70:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

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

92.06.25

CECIL TAYLOR - BILL DIXON DUO

Cecil Taylor (p)
Bill Dixon (tp,flgh)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor,Dixon) 50:00

Teatro Nuovo, Verona (I), Jazz Festival

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

92.07.01

CECIL TAYLOR - BILL DIXON DUO

Cecil Taylor (p)
Bill Dixon (tp,flgh)

1) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor,Dixon) 50:00
2) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor,Dixon) 6:10
3) Untitled Improvisation (Taylor,Dixon) 3:10

Theatre Antique, Vienne (F), Jazz Festival

Notes: Info from web-site http://www.jazzavienne.com/archives/main_1992.htm (Festival schedule).
Info from Jazzpodium 7,8/1992, S.62 (Festival schedule).

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

92.07.28

July 28, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)

Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo (J)

Primary Source: Info from Hiroshi Takahashi E-mail correspondence to Heinrich Smejkal (6.10.2002).

92.07.30

July 30, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR – MIN TANAKA DUO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc) Min Tanaka (butoh dance)

Hakushu, Yamanashi-ken (J), Hakushu Art Festival

Primary Source: Info from Hiroshi Takahashi E-mail correspondence to Heinrich Smejkal (6.10.2002).

92.08.01

August 1, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)

CECIL TAYLOR TRIO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc,perc) Yukihiro Isso (nokan) Masahiko Togashi (dr,perc)

Hakushu, Yamanashi-ken (J), Hakushu Art Festival

Primary Source: Info from Hiroshi Takahashi E-mail correspondence to Heinrich Smejkal (6.10.2002).

92.08.06

August 6, 1992

Tokio (J)

CECIL TAYLOR DUOS - TRIOS

Cecil Taylor (p,voc,perc) Yukihiro Isso (nokan) Masahiko Togashi (dr,perc)

1) Duo 1 (Taylor - Togashi) () 9:40
2) Trio 1 () 6:30
3) Trio 2 () 11:50
4) Trio 3 () 5:30
5) Trio 4 () 16:05
6) Trio 5 () 5:50
7) Duo 2 (Taylor - Togashi) () 1:10
8) Duo 3 (Taylor - Isso) () 6:05
9) Trio 6 () 7:50

Notes: Studioproduction

Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal, Private Tape (broadcast)

92.08.28

August 28, 1992

Cecil Taylor Tentet:

August 28, 1992
Jazzfestival Saalfelden
Saalfelden, Austria

1.unknown title [47:25] (split track, at 46:01)
2.announcement [2:00]
3.unknown title [23:14] (slightly incomplete, cuts in at beginning)
4.announcement [1:20]

[Total time: 74:31]

Note: Above received as "Broadcast Tape, ORF Austria, 61:00". Another tape is in circulation with this date at 61:00, with the first track at 38:00 "incomplete", and the second track at 24:00 as above. --RL

(All compositions, Cecil Taylor)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Bobby Zankel (alto sax)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Dick Griffin (trombone)
John Bruschini (g)
Thurman Barker (vbs; perc)
Barry Guy (bass)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: RL, CD-R}


92.09.05

September 5, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)

Dokumenta – Zelt, Kassel (D), Dokumenta IX (13.06. – 20.09.1992)

Primary Source: Info from Heinrich Smejkal: Jazzpodium 7,8/1992, S.62 (Festival schedule)

92.10.17

October 17, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO (with TRUDY MORSE poems)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Trudy Morse ("with the poems and happening")

Cemal Resit Ray Concert Hall, Akbank Jazz Festival, Istanbul Turkey

Primary Source: email to jason with personal recollection from "alp", who attended the show:

"CT arrived in Istanbul a week earlier than his gig date and practiced almost everyday with a white grand Bosendorfer piano in one of the summer- Ottoman-palaces of Istanbul...photography sessions, lotta talk about everything in an oriental atmosphere, great friendship and he loved this magical environment and said "one of the best performances that he had ever had " was one of the many of his quotations that i remember.. "

Info from Heinrich Smejkal: http://www.akbankcaz.com/history_1992.htm (Festival schedule).


92.12.12

December 12, 1992

CECIL TAYLOR SOLO

Cecil Taylor (p,voc)

Carl Orff Saal, Gasteig, München, (D), 8th Big Band Meeting (9.12. – 12.12.1992)

Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal: Jazzpodium 12/1992, S.51 (Festival schedule) and 2/1993, S.29 (Festivalreport).