Leaf Palm Hand

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Leaf Palm Hand
Live album by
Released1989
RecordedJuly 17, 1988
GenreFree jazz
LabelFMP
Cecil Taylor chronology
Erzulie Maketh Scent
(1989)
Leaf Palm Hand
(1989)
In Florescence
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Leaf Palm Hand is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley recorded in Berlin on July 17, 1988 as part of month long series of concerts by Taylor and released on the FMP label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "There's no letup for the entire set; it's one dazzling display after another until the piece just implodes from exhaustion — physical, that is, as the ideas still come fast and furious — and leaves the listener dazed and awed by such a soulful yet pyrotechnic display. This is one of Cecil Taylor's most "melodic" improvisations ever".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley except as indicated.
  1. "Stylobate 1" - 17:26
  2. "Leaf Palm Hand" - 42:20
  3. "Chimes (Cecil Taylor) - 3:50
  4. "Stylobate 2" - 3:23
  5. "The Old Canal" (Taylor) - 2:42
  • Recorded in Berlin on July 17, 1988

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Cecil Taylor sessionography accessed 3 September 2009
  3. ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 3 September 2009