{"product_id":"cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theatre-albuquerque-1979-vinyl-lp-pre-order-out-10-16-26","title":"Cecil Taylor Unit - Live at the KiMo Theatre Albuquerque 1979 (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER - Out 10\/16\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 10\/16\/26 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Editions Archives presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a major new archival work by the late \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecil Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929-2018). Pianist, composer and bandleader Cecil Taylor's capacious and audacious originality reshaped twentieth-century music. In an astounding act of artistic forbearance spanning sixty years of performing and recording, Taylor didn't win over so much as wear down the jazz establishment through the force and brilliant execution of his ideas. His methodologies and language, if studied at all, remain unassimilated by the twenty-first century jazz mainstream and its institutions. Lincoln Center turned the house lights on during Taylor's first performance there (2007), a stark reminder that in spite of Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships and increased respect among some of his tradition-minded peers, the shock of his music had not diminished and he was still an outlier, if not an outlaw, presence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures Taylor on November 20, 1979, during a rare tour of the American West with a then newly reconstituted quintet formation of his Unit. An ensemble in regular flux from the mid-1970s onward, only two members of Taylor's 1978 Unit, violinist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamsey Ameen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1945-2019) and alto saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJimmy Lyons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1931-1986) -- the bel canto voice of every Cecil Taylor band since 1961-- made the trip with Taylor to Albuquerque. Re-entering the fold on bass and cello after a decade-long absence was prime mover extraordinaire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Silva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1939-), with drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerome Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1946-2015) making his Cecil Taylor Unit performance debut. Each historical incarnation of the Cecil Taylor Unit emphasized the musicians' freedom to infuse the architectures of Taylor's music with their own personalities. Together with the Maestro in Albuquerque, this novel formation played a concert as unique and fascinating as its line-up and instrumentation suggests, with dynamics, textures and interactions that are quite different from the often in-the-red, sometimes gladiatorial 1978 Taylor bands. The addition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunny Murray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to this ensemble in February 1980 for the recording of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt Is In The Brewing Luminous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (HatHut) would transform the music yet again. KUNM and New Mexico Symphony recording engineer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e created a custom bandshell for the ensemble on the stage of the historic KiMo Theater, utilizing direct and indirect symphonic miking to capture the music for NPR's Jazz Alive program. Jazz Alive never broadcast the recording, and the tapes lay dormant for 40 years, until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Guralnick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- producer of the 1979 concert and director of the Outpost Performance Space (Albuquerque) -- brought the recording to the attention of Black Editions Archive. Released in direct cooperation with Guralnick, with the permission of the musicians of the 1979 Cecil Taylor Unit and their heirs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is presented in a x2LP heavy tip-on gatefold jacket featuring ink pigment and metallic foil stamping as well as an illuminating and historically detailed 12-page listening guide by Taylor scholar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Gray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at Cohearent Audio cut the lacquers and Fidelity Record Pressing struck the audiophile-quality vinyl. This stellar production chain in combination with Wolff's symphonic recording approach has resulted in the most dynamic and natural sounding live recording in Cecil Taylor's discography. Listening to the music of Cecil Taylor is perhaps an even more radical act in 2026 than at any other time in the last half century. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Black Editions Archive proudly puts its shoulder into growing and enhancing Taylor's legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48573151674586,"sku":null,"price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/BEA005LP_CU.jpg?v=1788974352","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/cecil-taylor-unit-live-at-the-kimo-theatre-albuquerque-1979-vinyl-lp-pre-order-out-10-16-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}