Cecil Taylor's fucking died.

[Rocket Surgery]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/obituaries/cecil-taylor-dead.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Tdye6xuGI


Another one for the "I'm sure I'll get round to seeing them live eventually... oh, balls." category.

[Funcrusher]

Shit. I did actually see him live once, and it was one of the most fascinating things I've ever experienced. A real titan whose work I need to explore more of. 'Unit Structures', 'Jazz Advance' and 'Nefertiti The Beautiful One Has Come' are all great.

[Flouncer]

I was reading about him a couple of weeks ago and meant to get hold of some of his stuff, but I had no idea where to start. I might grab the ones you've mentioned, Funcrusher.

[Howj Begg]

They've been playing him on WMFU Give the Drummer Radio all day and I've been loving it. Especially his solo 80s work, as shown here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL0cqbWZYsE

I stuck that on last night and just drifted away.

Shit. I did actually see him live once, and it was one of the most fascinating things I've ever experienced. A real titan whose work I need to explore more of. 'Unit Structures', 'Jazz Advance' and 'Nefertiti The Beautiful One Has Come' are all great.

All great albums.

[Twit 2]

As I'm a glutton for punishment I've been reading YouTube commemts under videos of the 'my toddler could do this' type. NO! DICKHEADS.

[Funcrusher]

Reading through the Penguin Guide to Jazz reminds me that 'Conquistador' is good and that apparently there's recorded live duo with Taylor and Max Roach which sounds intriguing. I've got 'For Olim' on my Spotify  which I saw recommended somewhere as a late period recording.