#ceciltaylor

I was very sorry to learn of Greg Tate passing last month. This was my first interview with Greg, I interviewed him again for my book Common Tones in December 2020. The WIRE has kindly hosted a full transcript of the Invisible Jukebox piece which they commissioned in 2004. Our conversation lasted close to three hours--the discussion of one Sun Ra track lasted almost 30 minutes--and the transcript is more than double the length of the printed article. Amazing to see Greg’s mind work in real time as I play him these tracks. Please find it here.

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Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come is an album by the Cecil Taylor Unit, recorded live at the Café Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 23, 1962.

American pianist and poet, free Jazz pioneer & jazz legend  Cecil Taylor, New York City, April 1991.   Quoted as saying once:  “Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?' I avoid the trap of easy definition.” (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #Ceciltaylor #freejazz #jazz #musicians #queer #poets #poetry #theworldofceciltaylor #pianist #poetsofinstagram  @lostandfound (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8w9nCCBHm5/?igshid=1lgd3poqhzjxv

From the boogie-woogie of Pete Johnson to the avant-garde genius of Cecil Taylor, we celebrate the jazz icons born on March 25!

#ceciltaylor (at Fort Greene Place) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSs2VwLvys/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My night music !! #ceciltaylor https://www.instagram.com/p/CObCt0RgQeYsajt0v-4_0mXa1-SY8naFrEc6ho0/?igshid=17eaxryhjiw1x