Akisakila

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Akisakila is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at Koseinenkin Dai-Hall, in Tokyo in May 1973 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label as a double LP. It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "The early '70s was Taylor's most articulate period of his method of propelling dynamic energy forth into conical spirals of harmonic mystery and danger. While his music had dispensed with the notions of form and interval long before this, the simultaneous explosion of group energy reached its first zenith during this period... This date, though recorded a decade later, is a fine complement to Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come".

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

1. "Bulu Akisakira Kutala, Part 1" – 40:42
2. "Bulu Akisakira Kutala, Part 2" – 40:59
   • Recorded in Tokyo, May 22, 1973

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Jimmy Lyons: alto saxophone
• Andrew Cyrille: drums