Cecil Taylor discography
Discography for jazz pianist Cecil Taylor.
Discography
As leader
| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-09 | Jazz Advance | Transition | 1957 | Debut album |
| 1957-07 | At Newport | Verve | 1958 | Live with the Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory |
| 1958-06 | Looking Ahead! | Contemporary | 1959 | |
| 1958-10 | Hard Driving Jazz also released as Coltrane Time and Stereo Drive | United Artists/Blue Note | 1959 | With John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Chuck Israels, Louis Hayes (and other editions with Steve Lacy, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles). |
| 1959-04 | Love for Sale | United Artists | 1959 | |
| 1960-10 | The World of Cecil Taylor | Candid | 1960 | |
| 1960-10 | Air | Candid | 1990 | |
| 1961-01 | New York City R&B | Barnaby | 1972 | with Buell Neidlinger |
| 1961-01 | Cell Walk for Celeste | Candid | 1988 | |
| 1961-01 | Jumpin' Punkins | Candid | 1987 | |
| 1962-10 | The Early Unit 1962 | Ingo (Bootleg) | ? | Live at Stockholm |
| 1962-11 | Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come also released as Complete Live At The Cafe Montmartre | Revenant | 1963 | Live at Copenhagen |
| 1966-05 | Unit Structures | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1966-10 | Conquistador! | Blue Note | 1968 | |
| 1966-10, 1969-11 | Live in Stuttgart | BMM (Bootleg) | ? | [2CDR] Live in Stuttgart |
| 1966-11 | Student Studies also released as The Great Paris Concert | BYG/Black Lion | 1973 | Live |
| 1967-07 | Rotterdam 1967 | Headless Hawk (Bootleg) | ? | [CDR] Live at Rotterdam |
| 1968-07 | Praxis | Praxis | 1982 | [2LP] Live |
| 1968-10 | Respiration | Fundacja Słuchaj! | 2022 | Live at Warsaw |
| 1969-07 | The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor also released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght | Prestige | 1977 | Live |
| 1969-11 | In Europe | Jazz Connoisseur (Bootleg) | ? | Live |
| 1971-07 | Piano Solo at Town Hall 1971 | FreeFactory | 2009 | Live in NYC. bonus tracks rec. 1965 |
| 1973-03 | Indent | Unit Core | 1973 | Live |
| 1973-05 | Akisakila | Trio | 1973 | Live |
| 1973-05 | Solo | Trio | 1973 | Live |
| 1973-11 | Spring of Two Blue J's | Unit Core | 1974 | Live in NYC. vinyl release was 2000 copies. |
| 1973-11 | The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert | Oblivion | 2022 | Live in NYC |
| 1974-07 | Silent Tongues | Freedom | 1975 | Live at Montreux Jazz Festival |
| 1976-06 | Dark to Themselves | Enja | 1977 | Live in Ljubljana |
| 1976-08 | Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within) | Enja | 1978 | Live in Langau |
| 1977-04 | Embraced | Pablo Live | 1978 | [2LP] Live with Mary Lou Williams |
| 1978-04 | Cecil Taylor Unit | New World | 1978 | |
| 1978-04 | 3 Phasis | New World | 1978 | |
| 1978-06 | Live in the Black Forest | MPS | 1978 | Live in Black Forest |
| 1978-06 | One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye | Hat Hut | 1980 | Live in Stuttgart |
| 1979-12 | Historic Concerts | Soul Note | 1984 | Live with Max Roach at Columbia University |
| 1980-02 | It Is in the Brewing Luminous | Hat Hut | 1981 | Live |
| 1980-09 | Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! | MPS | 1981 | Live |
| 1981-11 | The Eighth | Hat Hut | 1986 | Live |
| 1981-11 | Garden | Hat Hut | 1982 | Live |
| 1984-10 | Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) | Soul Note | 1985 | |
| 1984-10 | Music from Two Continents (Live at Jazz Jamboree '84) | Fundacja Słuchaj! | 2021 | Live |
| 1986-02 | Iwontunwonsi | Sound Hills | 1995 | Live |
| 1986-02 | Amewa | Sound Hills | 1995 | Live |
| 1986-04 | For Olim | Soul Note | 1987 | Live |
| 1986-04 | Olu Iwa | Soul Note | 1987 | Live |
| 1987-11 | Live in Bologna | Leo | 1987 | Live in Bologna |
| 1987-11 | Live in Vienna | Leo | 1988 | Live in Vienna |
| 1987-11 | Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil | Leo | 1988 | Live |
| 1987-11 | Chinampas | Leo | 1987 | |
| 1988-06 | Riobec | FMP | 1989 | Live with Günter Sommer |
| 1988-06 | In East Berlin | FMP | 1989 | [2CD] Live |
| 1988-06 | Regalia | FMP | 1989 | Live with Paul Lovens |
| 1988-06 | The Hearth | FMP | 1989 | Live with Tristan Honsinger & Evan Parker |
| 1988-07 | Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) | FMP | 1989 | Live in Berlin |
| 1988-07 | Remembrance | FMP | 1989 | Live with Louis Moholo |
| 1988-07 | Pleistozaen Mit Wasser | FMP | 1989 | Live with Derek Bailey |
| 1988-07 | Spots, Circles, and Fantasy | FMP | 1989 | Live with Han Bennink |
| 1988-07 | Legba Crossing | FMP | 1989 | Live |
| 1988-07 | Erzulie Maketh Scent | FMP | 1989 | Live |
| 1988-07 | Leaf Palm Hand | FMP | 1989 | Live with Tony Oxley |
| 1989-06 | In Florescence | A&M | 1990 | |
| 1989-11 | Looking (Berlin Version) Solo | FMP | 1990 | Live |
| 1989-11 | Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio | FMP | 1990 | Live |
| 1989-11 | Looking (Berlin Version) Corona | FMP | 1991 | Live |
| 1990-06 | Celebrated Blazons | FMP | 1993 | Live |
| 1990-08, 1990-09 | 2 Ts for a Lovely T | Codanza Records | 2002 | [10CD Limited Edition] Live in London |
| 1990-09 | Göttingen | Fundacja Słuchaj! | 2021 | [2CD] Live |
| 1990-09 | Double Holy House | FMP | 1993 | Live |
| 1990-09 | Nailed | FMP | 2000 | Live |
| 1990-09 | Melancholy | FMP | 1999 | Live with Harri Sjöström, Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Wolfgang Fuchs |
| 1990-07 | CT: The Dance Project | FMP | 2008 | Live with William Parker and Masashi Harada |
| 1991-03 | The Tree of Life | FMP | 1998 | Live piano solo |
| 1992-07 | Duets 1992 | Triple Point Records | 2019 | with Bill Dixon |
| 1993-04 | Always a Pleasure | FMP | 1996 | Live |
| 1996-11 | Corona | FMP | 2018 | Live with Sunny Murray |
| 1996-11 | Almeda | FMP | 2004 | Live as nonet |
| 1996-11 | The Light of Corona | FMP | 2003 | Live |
| 1998-03 | Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1 | Cadence Jazz | 1998 | Live with Harri Sjöström, Dominic Duval, Jackson Krall |
| 1998-03 | Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2 | Cadence Jazz | 1998 | Live with Harri Sjöström, Dominic Duval, Jackson Krall |
| 1998-08 | Momentum Space | Verve | 1999 | with Dewey Redman & Elvin Jones |
| 1998-10 | Lifting the Bandstand | Fundacja Słuchaj! | 2021 | Live |
| 1999-02 | Algonquin | Bridge | 2004 | Live. Great Performances from the Library of Congress – Vol. 18; with Mat Maneri. |
| 1999-05 | Poschiavo | Black Sun | 2018 | Live solo piano at the Uncool Festival, Poschiavo, Switzerland |
| 1999-11 | Incarnation | FMP | 2004 | Live |
| 2000-02 | All the Notes | Cadence | 2004 | Live |
| 2000-05 | At Angelica 2000 Bologna | I Dischi Di Angelica | 2020 | [2CD] Live recorded during Angelica, Festival Internazionale Di Musica, 10th Edition, May 5–13 and July 5–6, 2000, Bologna, Italy |
| 2000-05 | Complicité | Les Disques Victo | 2001 | Live at the 17th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (Québec, Canada) |
| 2000-09 | The Willisau Concert | Intakt | 2002 | Live solo piano at the Jazzfestival Willisau |
| 2000-09 | The Owner of the River Bank also released as Live In Ruvo Di Puglia 2000 (2021) | Enja | 2003 | Live with the Italian Instabile Orchestra as part of the Talos Festival in Ruvo di Puglia (South Italy) |
| 2002-05 | Being Astral and All Registers – Power of Two | Discus | 2020 | Live with Tony Oxley |
| 2002-05 | Taylor/Dixon/Oxley | Les Disques Victo | 2002 | Live at the 19th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville with Bill Dixon and Tony Oxley |
| 2003-10 | The Last Dance | Cadence Jazz | 2009 | Live with Dominic Duval |
| 2008-02 | Conversations with Tony Oxley | Jazzwerkstatt | 2018 | Live with Tony Oxley |
| 2008-11 | Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimensions of 2 Root Songs | Triple Point Records | 2009 | Live with Tony Oxley |
| 2011-11 | Birdland, Neuburg 2011 | Fundacja Słuchaj! | 2020 | Live with Tony Oxley |
Compilations
- In Transition (Blue Note, 1975) – recorded in 1955 and 1959; compiles tracks from Jazz Advance and Love for Sale
- In Berlin '88 (FMP, 1989)[11CD] – recorded in 1988
- Crossing (Jazz Hour, 1989) – recorded in 1966, 73, 74. two tracks with Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva and Andrew Cyrille plus four tracks solo piano; contains excerpts from Student Studies, Indent, and Silent Tongues.
- Mixed with Roswell Rudd (Impulse!, 1998)
As sideman
- John Coltrane, Stereo Drive (United Artists, 1959) – rec. 1958
- Gil Evans Orchestra, Into the Hot (Impulse!, 1962) – rec. 1961. features tracks also released on Mixed.
- Jazz Composer's Orchestra, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968) – featured on 2 tracks
- Friedrich Gulda, Nachricht vom Lande (Brain, 1976)[2LP] – 3 tracks
- Tony Williams, The Joy of Flying (Columbia, 1978) – 1 track
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, Thelonious Sphere Monk (DIW, 1991) – rec. 1990. 3 tracks.
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Discography
- Jazz Advance
- Looking Ahead!
- Stereo Drive
- Love for Sale
- The World of Cecil Taylor
- Air
- Cell Walk for Celeste
- Jumpin' Punkins
- New York City R&B
- Unit Structures
- Conquistador!
- Cecil Taylor Unit
- 3 Phasis
- Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
- Chinampas
- In Florescence
- Momentum Space
- At Newport
- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come
- Student Studies
- Praxis
- The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
- Indent
- Akisakila
- Solo
- Spring of Two Blue J's
- Silent Tongues
- Dark to Themselves
- Air Above Mountains
- Live in the Black Forest
- One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
- Historic Concerts
- It Is in the Brewing Luminous
- Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
- The Eighth
- Garden
- Iwontunwonsi
- Amewa
- For Olim
- Olu Iwa
- Live in Bologna
- Live in Vienna
- Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil
- In East Berlin
- Regalia
- The Hearth
- Alms/Tiergarten (Spree)
- Remembrance
- Pleistozaen Mit Wasser
- Spots, Circles, and Fantasy
- Legba Crossing
- Erzulie Maketh Scent
- Leaf Palm Hand
- Looking (Berlin Version) Solo
- Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio
- Looking (Berlin Version) Corona
- Celebrated Blazons
- 2 Ts for a Lovely T
- CT: The Dance Project
- Double Holy House
- Nailed
- Melancholy
- The Tree of Life
- Always a Pleasure
- The Light of Corona
- Almeda
- Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1
- Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2
- Lifting the Bandstand
- Algonquin
- Incarnation
- The Willisau Concert
- The Owner of the River Bank
- All the Notes
- Taylor/Dixon/Oxley
- The Last Dance
- Mixed
