It's amazing how, one of the most creative forms of art ever created, (Jazz and non written music in general, from which free Jazz is probably the most creative) has been systematically set aside for commercial reasons and as in healthcare, politics, art, education etc. money poisons everything to the point of extinction or such impoverished conditions that make it economically impossible to exist. So, this films are very precious to me.
Well it’s difficult for jazz to continue to be relevant if the public does not hear it in a way that is accessible and fun. I appreciate Cecil Taylor’s art, but free jazz didn’t really help jazz to stay relevant to society. It’s just too difficult for most people to listen to.
Look at the world/countries around us, 1/2 the population is voting for fascist pig dictators… how would they have the mental ability to relate to hip cats playing some righteous free music… its the antipode of modern society, programed to enrich the elite… not think and feel free… Those cats broke free of all the chains and are riding on a glorious sonic chariot, traveling through deep space…
@@xentakis I'd have to agree. You'd have to be very naïve not to admit that jazz, let alone free jazz, can be a very esoteric art form even at the best of times.
This is real jazz mucccchhh respect for those that listen to contemporary jazz this jazz here is wayyyyyy different this is hard-core jazz nothing matches very unpredictable to some people sound like a bunch of noise n yet there's something beautiful about it can't quite put ur finger on it it is definitely an acquired taste for the ears this is a whole top level ain't for everyone I do respect it though
In the 80s, Cecil recorded a number of live performances in Germany on the FMP label. Some of the performances are piano/drum duets. My favorite one is when he plays with British guitarist Derek Bailey. An amazing piece of work.
This group was a miracle! Sam Rivers is a genius; Jimmy Lyons is incredible. And Cecil and Andrew are amazing! I saw them without Rivers but with Sirone. Just amazing! I actually had the great pleasure of sitting in on a music notation class Rivers taught and met him a year after. He was a great person!
Nous sommes un petit groupe de personnes à avoir écoute Cécile Taylor à Paris en 1970. Nous étions subjugués par sa musique, aussi son travail à marqué nos esprits.. .
Jimmy Lyons and Sam Rivers? Funny how the "this isn't music/I could play that" crowd are at the bottom (where they belong) and things only get better as the comments progress. A synechdoche of how the music has been gradually appreciated over the years?.
i think it has to do with youtube algorithms. when the video is first posted, it gets shown to random people, then it learns "people who liked x liked this video" and gradually shows it to more and more people who will probably like it.
Hi, thanks for posting. Now we have 4 videos from this tour late fall 1969 (2 full Paris shows and half of Berlin). Unfortunatly there is a cut at 31:26 min, missing some 20 min at least (I have two low fidelity audio fragments from radio inserted in between, but not enough to make it complete. Do you have more video, or is it shortend like the Berlin video from WDR? There must be a second show on this day, because they let the scores and sax on stage, like at the end of first show in Paris. Miles played at the same date (Nov 4th 1969). His full video is issued. Thanks, Alex, Germany
What to make of Cecil Taylor's music(?)......the musician's are undoubtedly talented as they have to sustain a highly dissonant group improvisational format for a very long time. But the lack of any significant contrast in the music(?) gets tiresome to me. Even the most successful avant garde classical music pieces scales back on the dissonant intensity every once in a while. It does help they scale it down to just the alto sax and piano midway through. 30 minutes of this is about all I want to listen to at a time.......
its just ANOTHER form of music...not to your taste..there are notes and rhythms and dynamics and harmonies but they just don't add up in a way you like but that others do like(me of course-and i DO like all types of Jazz and Classical too)--its music for sure..no doubt about it..i would strongly say that its NOT an issue of definition ..but of taste..
Alas, you are not the minority who appreciate the sophistication and density of this music, you are part of the majority who don't. If you want to try to "get" this music, try listening to it from beginning to end rather than skipping around to find something that catches your melodic interest. If you relax into it and let Taylor's music just take you where it wants to go (rather than fitting into your predefined expectations) you may be surprised how well it works.
No you're not. The people claiming to hear music are mostly just trying to pretend so they sound smart. This is trash, even compared to other avant garde groups
@@valarking Pretending to like music takes a lot of effort dude...its not something I waste time on--its interesting that you would say "...so they sound smart" ?? you seem to be implying that people who like this music are smart? isn't that a contradiction?...Nope I love this music..I love Bach and Benny Goodman and Led Zeppelin too..just have a wider taste in music I guess?
Reviewer Scott Yanow: "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, it could be safely argued that no jazz music of the era approached the ferocity and intensity of Cecil Taylor's"
*band members : "ok guys , we haven't rehearsed sh*t, so let's just get up there & make alot of noise for half an hour and pretend to be realy serious " .
@@TrevorBarre "Performance"? I'm open to a WIDE variety of improvisation, whether in a jazz or any other idiom but no matter what the idiom, if you sound like shit on your instrument, it's still shit. I'm referring specifically to the alto saxophone "player".
Cecil worked with a lot of great drummers but his connection with Cyrille was on another level.
Definitely had top tier chemistry
It's amazing how, one of the most creative forms of art ever created, (Jazz and non written music in general, from which free Jazz is probably the most creative) has been systematically set aside for commercial reasons and as in healthcare, politics, art, education etc. money poisons everything to the point of extinction or such impoverished conditions that make it economically impossible to exist. So, this films are very precious to me.
Magic theater, not for everyone.
Well it’s difficult for jazz to continue to be relevant if the public does not hear it in a way that is accessible and fun. I appreciate Cecil Taylor’s art, but free jazz didn’t really help jazz to stay relevant to society. It’s just too difficult for most people to listen to.
Look at the world/countries around us, 1/2 the population is voting for fascist pig dictators… how would they have the mental ability to relate to hip cats playing some righteous free music… its the antipode of modern society, programed to enrich the elite… not think and feel free… Those cats broke free of all the chains and are riding on a glorious sonic chariot, traveling through deep space…
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@@xentakis I'd have to agree. You'd have to be very naïve not to admit that jazz, let alone free jazz, can be a very esoteric art form even at the best of times.
This is real jazz mucccchhh respect for those that listen to contemporary jazz this jazz here is wayyyyyy different this is hard-core jazz nothing matches very unpredictable to some people sound like a bunch of noise n yet there's something beautiful about it can't quite put ur finger on it it is definitely an acquired taste for the ears this is a whole top level ain't for everyone I do respect it though
Great performance! In 74 I saw CT (in trio with JL and AC) at the Ronnie Scott Club. Unique!
still love this music!!
In the 80s, Cecil recorded a number of live performances in Germany on the FMP label. Some of the performances are piano/drum duets. My favorite one is when he plays with British guitarist Derek Bailey. An amazing piece of work.
Wow, I've never seen this video. The mastery is astonishing.
I saw Cecil Taylor in concert in Portugal but it was solo.
Him self solo in piano.
It was great.
👍👌
This group was a miracle! Sam Rivers is a genius; Jimmy Lyons is incredible. And Cecil and Andrew are amazing! I saw them without Rivers but with Sirone. Just amazing! I actually had the great pleasure of sitting in on a music notation class Rivers taught and met him a year after. He was a great person!
The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor comes to life, great quality and top show, thanks!
Merci beaucoup. Enfin, Cécile Taylor !
@@thimotheemadel9078 Nuits de la Fondation Maeht? Summer 1970.
Nous sommes un petit groupe de personnes à avoir écoute Cécile Taylor à Paris en 1970. Nous étions subjugués par sa musique, aussi son travail à marqué nos esprits.. .
What a transcendent set! The section with Jimmy from about 15 to 23, is particularly magical...
I'm always looking for 20th century live Jazz shows glad I found this one
Could not have stumbled upon a dreamier upload ...
Yeah this is great!
Cecil and Jimmy dueting is great
catchy tune
Indeed! Whistling down the road!
This is literally audio/visual GOLD. Thank you!
So great to see more footage of this band!
Incredible!
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing this.
This is essential Cecil Taylor which means it is essential jazz. Thank you.
YES!! This is pure fire 🙌
historico...grande Cecil!!!!
unbelievable many thanks
Jimmy Lyons and Sam Rivers?
Funny how the "this isn't music/I could play that" crowd are at the bottom (where they belong) and things only get better as the comments progress. A synechdoche of how the music has been gradually appreciated over the years?.
i think it has to do with youtube algorithms. when the video is first posted, it gets shown to random people, then it learns "people who liked x liked this video" and gradually shows it to more and more people who will probably like it.
thx. very good audio/ picture for 1969. & lookit that cat go!
So great thank you 🙏
Happy Birthday Jimmy
This was at Tivoli Koncertsal for those interested
Thank you🙏🏼
this is amazing, thanks for posting
rockin set!
What a group!! Thank you so much for uploading this treasure.
Fantastic - Thank you for posting Jay!
Beautifully filmed, edited, and recorded. Very classy.
Thank you!
still love your work!!
Awsome!!
Amazinggg ! thank u
Hi, thanks for posting. Now we have 4 videos from this tour late fall 1969
(2 full Paris shows and half of Berlin). Unfortunatly there is a cut at 31:26 min, missing some 20 min at least (I have two low fidelity audio fragments from radio inserted in between, but not enough to make it complete. Do you have more video, or is it shortend like the Berlin video from WDR?
There must be a second show on this day, because they let the scores and sax on stage, like at the end of first show in Paris.
Miles played at the same date (Nov 4th 1969). His full video is issued.
Thanks,
Alex, Germany
AWESOME!!!!!
I’m by no means comparable to this level of music, but they match one another so well, all in place. Hope to achieve such an expression one day.
YES!!
You have to open up your mind and ears for the Cecil Taylor ride😊.. not for everyone but I am glad l did🎵🎶😂🤣🎇🪔
jimmy il leone! Quartetto divino!!
é la stessa intenzione creativa di Song X ( Coleman ) .Grazie from Italia .
Song X, spaghetti con pollo e marmellata! De gustibus .......@@annamilluzzo8077
Con tutto il rispetto per Coleman, qui la musica è semplicemente più complessa!
SUPER!!!!
THANK YOU!!🎉🎉🎉
Great video! I'd rather have one sax player and a bass player than two sax players and no bass....perhaps Alan Silva, Dave Holland, W. Parker etc
CT reminds me some of the Nancarrow piano works
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love this stuff, it simply burns boredom.
Reminds me of old cartoon Gustav (Gusztav, Gustavus)- which had such background music. 👏
so sick. for a second was asking myself who posted this! sup Jay!
Holy fuck!
Oh yea.A vibrant branch of Free Jazz that just flows.Cats are good and mean what they say.
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Understand crazy freedom!
Ummm what am I listening too lol but I still listening
18:00 😮
any context on this production? its well done! TV?
this is so so sick
Reminds me of George Antheil or Stravinsky a little bit
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght was July 29, 1969, anyone know what date this was?
1:59 Brilhart Tonalin 50's
Like playing "outside?" (like wayyyy outside?"
Bass player just gets in the way
Please!!!!!!
Is it me or does the beginning seem to have a theme in the opening to A Love Supreme ??
THANK YOU JAY!!!!!
For how much longer can we hear this, before its considered a class A drugs… too mind expanding and altering…
s2
What to make of Cecil Taylor's music(?)......the musician's are undoubtedly talented as they have to sustain a highly dissonant group improvisational format for a very long time. But the lack of any significant contrast in the music(?) gets tiresome to me. Even the most successful avant garde classical music pieces scales back on the dissonant intensity every once in a while. It does help they scale it down to just the alto sax and piano midway through. 30 minutes of this is about all I want to listen to at a time.......
Para dejarte sordo
The goose and the swan fought...........
I'm skipping around in this video to find where the music starts , am I the only one who hears nothing but noise.
There is lots of music on the internet.
its just ANOTHER form of music...not to your taste..there are notes and rhythms and dynamics and harmonies but they just don't add up in a way you like but that others do like(me of course-and i DO like all types of Jazz and Classical too)--its music for sure..no doubt about it..i would strongly say that its NOT an issue of definition ..but of taste..
Alas, you are not the minority who appreciate the sophistication and density of this music, you are part of the majority who don't.
If you want to try to "get" this music, try listening to it from beginning to end rather than skipping around to find something that catches your melodic interest. If you relax into it and let Taylor's music just take you where it wants to go (rather than fitting into your predefined expectations) you may be surprised how well it works.
No you're not. The people claiming to hear music are mostly just trying to pretend so they sound smart. This is trash, even compared to other avant garde groups
@@valarking Pretending to like music takes a lot of effort dude...its not something I waste time on--its interesting that you would say "...so they sound smart" ?? you seem to be implying that people who like this music are smart? isn't that a contradiction?...Nope I love this music..I love Bach and Benny Goodman and Led Zeppelin too..just have a wider taste in music I guess?
The band took lessons from Ornette Coleman.
I wouldn't say
@@emilianoturazzi I tend to agree. I dont hear Ornette s music here.))'
Reviewer Scott Yanow: "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, it could be safely argued that no jazz music of the era approached the ferocity and intensity of Cecil Taylor's"
No it didn't. Cecil preceded Ornette by three years. His first album came out in 1956.
Piano? More like Piayeababyooowowza!
*band members : "ok guys , we haven't rehearsed sh*t, so let's just get up there & make alot of noise for half an hour and pretend to be realy serious " .
open your ears and mind
And try do that for over 50 more years. At this point Jimmy, Andrew and Cecil had already been playing together for many years.
hmm.. complete chaotic Jazz.
Is this the mumble rap version of jazz? Lol
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Pointless rambling! This is absolutely going nowhere!
Hahahahahaahahahaha.....best comment
you think that's bad, you should check out this albert ayler character!!!!
😂 it’s going to a lot of places,your GPS might be failing
This is one of the Black coping responses to White Rage !
@@richardlawrence3770 Racist bullshit!
I'd rather listen to 5th grade band warming up. Actually, there's no difference.
There's a sad sack for every Cecil performance.
@@TrevorBarre "Performance"? I'm open to a WIDE variety of improvisation, whether in a jazz or any other idiom but no matter what the idiom, if you sound like shit on your instrument, it's still shit. I'm referring specifically to the alto saxophone "player".
Not one of these guys knows how to play.. this rs pitiful and sad.
Are you kidding? You try it, smart as.
this bullshit killed jazz
GOOD. i'm glad.
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny," Frank Zappa.
I think it was Kenny G that killed jazz but, that is just me.
@@callousphysicaltheatre8244 fuck zappa. Kenny G wis activ 25 years after the dead of jazz, you idiot
Weasel Walter killed Cecil Taylor
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Incredible!