Cecil Taylor

listen listen listen

take music theory

listen listen listen some more

Amazing how this video makes so much more sense to me than when I first saw it 15 years ago. He's expressing such a wide range of complex emotions (craziness, humor, love, tenderness, anger, daring, fear) with doses of structure, chaos, suspense, playfulness and some impressive chops... Damn!

what I meant is that great music doesn't need labels, I luv jazz too, but I don't care whether something can be called with that name or not, if I like it!!!!!!!

no offense... but he isn't good any way ;(

well, that's your opinion. Personally, I love him!!!!!!!!! XP

what is jazz????
i think that nodoby can answer that question...
I like the idea that it's a way of creation and expression trough the music.
Its jazz for me and that why i love jazz
(sry for my bad english)

I'd love to see the pages he plays from, Flickr has one photo, but it's not clear what it is, it seems he write the name of the notes; in clusters, nests

Hell!!

I appreciate, since I saw him in 1975, his brilliant technique and improvisatory skills but honestly, WTF? What's going on here, musically? Is this something I'd want to hear again and again? Not really.

I guess I don't "get it."

Mind blowing and brilliant!!