Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (King Records, Japan) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD-format

After several years off records, pianist Cecil Taylor finally had an opportunity to document his music of the mid-'60s on two Blue Note albums (the other one was Conquistador). Taylor's high-energy atonalism fit in well with the free jazz of the period but he was actually leading the way rather than being part of a movement. In fact, this septet outing with trumpeter Eddie Gale, altoist Jimmy Lyons, Ken McIntyre (alternating between alto, oboe and bass clarinet), both Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on basses, and drummer Andrew Cyrille is quite stunning and very intense. In fact, it could be safely argued that no jazz music of the era approached the ferocity and intensity of Cecil Taylor's. –AllMusic.

Tracklist:

All compositions written by Cecil Taylor.

1. Steps (10:19)
2. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) (11:07)
3. Enter, Evening (Alternate Take) (10:12)
4. Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section (17:48)
5. Tales (8 Whisps) (7:12)


Personel:

Eddie Gale Stevens, Jr. – trumpet
Jimmy Lyons – alto sax
Ken McIntyre – alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet
Cecil Taylor – piano, bells
Henry Grimes – bass
Alan Silva – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 19, 1966.