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MARIAN McPARTLAND AND CECIL TAYLOR
Piano Jazz 1986 [no label, 1CD]
NPR Radio studio, New York, NY. NPR Radio broadcast 1986. Very good stereo broadcast. Slight hiss.
Sounds like a crash course in free or experimental jazz.
Thanks to Chip Stern for sharing these tracks.
Chip noted:
Very rare (took me a couple of years to find this). A special episode of the elegant Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, featuring Cecil Taylor. They converse and improvise together, and Marian is down for Cecil’s abstraction. She has a gas! THEY HAVE A GAS! Special encounter.
I’ve interviewed Cecil a number of times over the years… hell, I sold and installed a stereo system in his old loft in downtown Manhattan, like 30 years ago. I like Cecil very much. He is a daring, visionary, uncompromising artist. He can be quite charming and engaging. Marian charmed him to within an inch of his life, both as a host, an interviewer, a colleague and a fellow pianist. Their duets were really fascinating.
Note: Music journalist/musician Chip Stern has been writing about all things music (from instruments and audio gear, to America’s most progressive musicians) for over 35 years. He has written for Musician, DownBeat, Rolling Stone, The Record, Guitar Player, Guitar World, Penthouse, The Village Voice, Billboard and Spin, among others. Visit radiofreechip.com.
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Track 01. Intro/Poetry of Sound 2:29 (3.6MB)
Track 02. Jimmy Lyons Dedication/Pleasure [CT-Piano Solo] 3:05 (4.4MB)
Track 03. Meeting Lyons_Mountain Eyes [CT-Piano Solo] 3:06 (4.5MB)
Track 04. Practice and Trascendence/Monk-Duke-Billie 4:11 (6.0MB)
Track 05. Improvised Duet #1 3:42 (5.3MB)
Track 06. Random Notes [Marian-Improvised Solo] 4:57 (7.1MB)
Track 07. Core of the Tune [Taht]/Structural Process 6:10 (8.9MB)
Track 08. Improvised Duet #2 [G Minor Resonances] 4:20 (6.2MB)
Track 09. Finding My Own Language 2:57 (4.3MB)
Track 10. Cecil Piano Solo [Untitled] 3:22 (4.9MB)
Track 11. Music and Architecture 4:10 (6.0MB)
Track 12. Chelsea Bridge [Marian Solo Snippet] 0:30 (724k)
Track 13. The Name Will Occur To Me [CT-Piano Solo] 5:44 (8.3MB)
Track 14. The Elegance of Marian 1:22 (2.0MB)
Track 15. Improvised Duet #3 2:48 (4.0MB)
53 mins
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