Jazz composer’s orchestra ORIG US 2LP Box set EX ’68 Cecil Taylor Free Jazz Jcoa
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Jazz composer’s orchestra ORIG US 2LP Box set EX ’68 Cecil Taylor Free Jazz Jcoa
Original US 2LP Box Set released in 1968 on Jcoa Records. Cat: LP1001-2. Comes with 22 page booklet which is in Excellent condition.German-born composer/trumpeter Michael Mantler and his then-wife Carla Bley were instrumental in developing within jazz the idea of self-sufficiency and independence from established record companies. Their creation of the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, with recordings released on their own label, was the culmination of this endeavor, and the first recording was one of the masterpieces of creative music in the '60s. Mantler had come from the European avant-classical tradition and sought to provide an orchestral framework supporting some of the most advanced musicians in avant-garde jazz -- and he succeeded magnificently. His style tends toward the brooding and darkly romantic with harsh, cynical edges, a perfect foil for the robust, shackle-breaking improvisations found herein. The cloudy, roiling swirls that open "Communications #8," echoed by Bley's stabbing piano chords, lay the groundwork for inspired soloing by Don Cherry and the pre-Last Tango and still extremely fiery Gato Barbieri. Subsequent pieces include an amazing feedback showcase for Larry Coryell and a gorgeous, somber work featuring bassist Steve Swallow and trombonist Roswell Rudd. All of this is a preview for, well, "Preview," an utterly incendiary flight by Pharoah Sanders over a pounding rhythm by the orchestra, a piece that will leave the listener bruised, battered, and exhilarated. Except that the best is yet to come: a 34-minute, two-part composition, a concerto for Cecil Taylor and orchestra, that finds the pianist at the height of his powers, just beginning to enter the third phase of his development where he fused ultra-high energy playing with rigorous logic and heartbreaking beauty
Tracks: Communication #8. Communication #9/ Communicatio #10/ Preview/ Communications #11 Part 1/ Communications #11 Part 2.
Records have a few light scuff marks and are in Excellent condition. Box has a light marks on back and is in Excellent condition.
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