Live in Vienna (Cecil Taylor album)

Live in Vienna
Live in Vienna
Live album by Cecil Taylor
Released	1988
Recorded	November 7, 1987
Genre	Free jazz
Length	90:27 (Double LP); 71:11 (CD)
Label	Leo
Cecil Taylor chronology

Live in Vienna is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Vienna on November 7, 1987 and released on the Leo label. The album features a concert performance by Taylor with Thurman Barker, William Parker, Carlos Ward and Leroy Jenkins.

The compact disc edition of the album omits the encore at the end, comprising the bulk of side four of the original 2-LP set and also removes the printed interview included on the inner gatefold.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock states "One look at this recording and anyone familiar with the work of Cecil Taylor will know that it isn't for the faint of heart or spirit. An unbroken, hurricane of an album that extends for more than 71 minutes, Live in Vienna begins with a multi-voice poetry performance that descends into glossolalia and clucks, reminding the listener of the heyday of the Four Horsemen... Listening to this recording (and most certainly attending the performance that gave birth to it) might best be viewed as a ritual of endurance and cerebral submission. This is not meant as criticism, but the listener who fails to completely surrender to the music on Live in Vienna will most certainly be beaten bloody by the force of Cecil Taylor's work".^[1]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

"Live in Vienna" - 71:11

Recorded in Vienna on November 7, 1987

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Proefrock, Stacia. "Cecil Taylor: Live in Vienna". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[allmusic-1] Proefrock, Stacia. "Cecil Taylor: Live in Vienna". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Discography
Studio albums	Jazz Advance Looking Ahead! Stereo Drive Love for Sale The World of Cecil Taylor Air Cell Walk for Celeste Jumpin' Punkins New York City R&B Unit Structures Conquistador! Cecil Taylor Unit 3 Phasis Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) Chinampas In Florescence Momentum Space
Live albums	At Newport Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come Student Studies Praxis The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor Indent Akisakila Solo Spring of Two Blue J's Silent Tongues Dark to Themselves Air Above Mountains Live in the Black Forest One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye Historic Concerts It Is in the Brewing Luminous Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! The Eighth Garden Iwontunwonsi Amewa For Olim Olu Iwa Live in Bologna Live in Vienna Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil In East Berlin Regalia The Hearth Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) Remembrance Pleistozaen Mit Wasser Spots, Circles, and Fantasy Legba Crossing Erzulie Maketh Scent Leaf Palm Hand Looking (Berlin Version) Solo Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio Looking (Berlin Version) Corona Celebrated Blazons 2 Ts for a Lovely T CT: The Dance Project Double Holy House Nailed Melancholy The Tree of Life Always a Pleasure The Light of Corona Almeda Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1 Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2 Lifting the Bandstand Algonquin Incarnation The Willisau Concert The Owner of the River Bank All the Notes Taylor/Dixon/Oxley The Last Dance
Compilations	Mixed