Cecil Taylor

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Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends TrailerCecil e l'Instabile TrailerSunny's Time Now Trailer

Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms.

Most Popular Cecil Taylor Trailers

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Sunny's Time Now Trailer (2008)

14 November 2008

Retracing the longstanding career of avant-garde drummer Sunny Murray, one of the most influential figures of the Free jazz revolution.

Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor, Live in Paris Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

1984 performance by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor

Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends Trailer (2024)

01 November 2024

In 1973, Leonid Samuilovich flees the USSR and lands a job at the BBC in London. Five years later, radio host Alexei Leonidov starts releasing clandestine recordings smuggled from totalitarian countries via intricate cloak-and-dagger operations.

Cecil e l'Instabile Trailer (2020)

12 December 2020

Photos and interviews by Livio Minafra, carried out between Ruvo di Puglia and Paris between 2000 and 2002.

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music.

Imagine the Sound Trailer (1981)

24 August 1981

An examination, shown through both interviews and performances, of the avant-garde free jazz movement which reigned during the 1960s.

The Great Rehearsals: Cecil Taylor in Paris Trailer (1968)

28 July 1968

French television documentary about Cecil Taylor.