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The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969, and released on the Prestige label in 1977 as a 3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971.[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow refers to this recording as "a major release."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Second Act Of A (Part 1)" - 21:17
  2. "Second Act Of A (Part 2)" - 20:51
  3. "Second Act Of A (Part 3)" - 18:08
  4. "Second Act Of A (Part 4)" - 16:11
  5. "Second Act Of A (Part 5)" - 12:45
  6. "Second Act Of A (Part 6)" - 20:38
  • Recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, on July 29, 1969

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Maurer, E., Discography of Shandar Records accessed October 28, 2015
  4. ^ Yanow, Scott. "The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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