The World of Cecil Taylor

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The World of Cecil Taylor
Studio album by
Cecil Taylor
Released1960
RecordedOctober 12 & 13, 1960
GenreFree jazz
Length47:21
LabelCandid
Cecil Taylor chronology
Love for Sale
(1959) 		The World of Cecil Taylor
(1960) 		Air
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The World of Cecil Taylor is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in October 1960. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles. Alternate takes from these sessions were released on Air in 1987. A 1971 reissue of the original album on the Barnaby label was also titled Air.

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Tayor except as indicated
  1. "Air" [Take 28] - 8:41
  2. "This Nearly Was Mine" [Take 1] (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 10:51
  3. "Port of Call" [Take 2] Taylor 4:22
  4. "E.B." [Take 2] - 9:59
  5. "Lazy Afternoon" (John Latouche, Jerome Moross) - 14:52
  • Recorded Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, October 12 & 13, 1960

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 190. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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