I realized the other borrowed element there with the asterisk, but thought the trickiness of posting an asterisk for an asterisk was outweighed by my laziness.

I was also hoping I could blame my Rogue Agent moment on my recently mended Bipolar Disorder NOS, and still get that title sometime soon .

But back on topic...yeah Geoff, from the one time I saw Cecil perform, I was amazed. Not only by Cecil's playing but the rest of the orchestra he played with, the instruments they used, they way they played, the way that all of the musicians played around each other, the intensity of the whole performance was unlike anything I had ever experienced.

lucky you, I don't think I'll ever get to see him live

Well at least I went to some really great concerts when I visited NYC last year (including Peter Brotzmann)

I scanned some of my jazz magazines as a tribute to cecil taylor

I don't want you thinking, I am angry with you. I missed this post.


You're are of course, welcome.

It says the first photograph I posted was taken by K.Abe. Do you think the K. Abe is the Japanese Experimental Saxophonist Kaoru Abe?

No, two different people. You might be interested in this.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082...lance&n=283155

wow that looks like a really cool book.

Do you have a copy of it yourself?

I wonder what musicians are photographed within.

Would you be able to advice me on some? *if you have the book

It's good, and for even $8.93 or even under $50 it's a steal. Several rare pics, and it includes the usual suspects so to speak.

thanks for the tip off, I might actually buy this!

You're welcome.

A few more things of interest. An example of Cecil's notation.





He dispensed with bars, time signatures.
He doesn't use notes, instead he uses alphabets.
If it's above middle C, it gets a plus.
If it's below middle C, it gets a minus.


A recent documentary on Cecil.


http://www.chrisfelver.com/cecil.htm