16 January 2010

Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley - Live in Prato '04

A classic Duo : one of the longer-lasting working relationship in
all Taylor's career, this performance (very well recorded) comes
from "Ilario" collection.

Rec. live at "Teatro Metastasio", Prato (Florence), Italy
on February 23, 2004 (mix recording)

Cecil Taylor,piano
Tony Oxley,percussions

1. Improvisation #1 (1:01:03)
2. Improvisation #2 (04:55)
3. Improvisation #3 (06:19)
4. Improvisation #4 (24:26)
5. Improvisation #5 (01:57)

Total Time 1:38:41
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12 comments:

  1. riccardo16 January 2010 at 15:30:00 CET

    mp3 (223 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/336128819/CT_TO_Prato_04_mp3.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336135337/CT_TO_Prato_04_mp3.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336137525/CT_TO_Prato_04_mp3.part3.rar

    flac (511 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/336152824/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336159889/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336166725/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part3.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336173737/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part4.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336180872/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part5.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/336183550/CT_TO_Prato_04_flac.part6.rar

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  2. Stefano16 January 2010 at 16:51:00 CET

    I produced the concert :-) Taylor wished to do a cd of it, but he and Tony asked too much money... Really too much.

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  3. maready16 January 2010 at 21:27:00 CET

    Thank you very much! Tony Oxley always wears great clothes when he plays with Mr. Taylor! What an incredible duo they are.

    I have very fond, though disturbing memories of seeing them play in New York in 1991. It was the second night of the "First" Gulf War and there was a huge snowstorm. I was in a terrible mood because of what my country was up to, and it was difficult to get there because of the weather ... but I made it in time to a small club to see Mr. Taylor and Mr. Oxley (alongside William Hooker) play a beautiful and furious set. Besides myself, there were only two others present in the tiny room, the famous Mr. and Mrs. Stone, who were undoubtedly there for every set of the engagement.

    I have seen Cecil Taylor many times, but that particular night, seated just a few feet from the piano, was very special --- I remember the music literally lifting me up. I went down to Washington the next week to protest the war with tens of thousands of others, but what I remember is Cecil Taylor's undeclared, but understood, moral riposte to human stupidity through his exemplary example of craft, inspiration and poetry. It was the first time in my life that I really understood how creative music could be a force for good (even though the audience was the same size as the group!)

    Thanks again for this concert.

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  4. Anonymous17 January 2010 at 01:01:00 CET

    Thank you...marvelous show.

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  5. wightdj17 January 2010 at 01:50:00 CET

    Thanks for this welcomed addition to my Cecil & Tony collection. They click!

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  6. Michael Campbell18 January 2010 at 05:28:00 CET

    This should be brilliant! Thank you!

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  7. trane20 January 2010 at 16:21:00 CET

    Thanks a lot Riccardo.
    I have a question for both you and Ilario: when you say mics or mix recording do you mean sounboard recording?

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  8. riccardo20 January 2010 at 22:22:00 CET

    @ trane

    mics = microphones
    mix = soundboard (mixer)

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  9. Anonymous7 February 2010 at 19:53:00 CET

    Thank you! I have to wait until rapidShare will allow me to downloard--on weekends they frequently say their servers are too full for free users--but thank you nonetheless.

    -Joel

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  10. hulaboy19 February 2010 at 13:04:00 CET

    Mahalo, riccardo!

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  11. tentaclesoferpmind26 May 2017 at 17:39:00 CEST

    any chance of a re-up?

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