8 January 2011

CECIL TAYLOR JAZZ UNIT "THE EARLY UNIT 1962" (INGO , 1962)


A recording from a seminal phase in Cecil Taylor's career.
The sound is really not the best - it's a bootleg!
But who I am to complain - in fact it is one of three known recordings from this excellent group - here in a rare early setting with a bassist.


CECIL TAYLOR JAZZ UNIT "THE EARLY UNIT 1962"

Cecil Taylor, piano
Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone
Kurt Lindgren, double bass
Sunny Murray, drums

1. Spontaneous Improvisation (C.T.) 14:20
2. Flamingo (Gruoya-Anderson) 14:09

Recorded at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden on October 14, 1962.


INGO sixteen

(lp-rip)
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28 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth8 January 2011 at 10:49:00 CET

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  2. 10098 January 2011 at 16:23:00 CET

    Wow. Really never thought I'd see this anywhere. Haven't listened yet, but wanted to post a thanks!

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  3. david_grundy8 January 2011 at 18:47:00 CET

    YES

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  4. john8 January 2011 at 23:03:00 CET

    many thanks. I'd forgotten about these Ingo albums, but there were a lot of very good, if roughly recorded, sessions among them. For me this is Taylor's most exciting period.

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  5. matt w9 January 2011 at 02:10:00 CET

    Wow. This is golden. Thanks so much for posting it. (And the sound isn't that much worse than Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come.)

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  6. trane9 January 2011 at 07:54:00 CET

    Terrific, thanks a lot.
    Here is complete info about the session (with date specification too)

    October 14, 1962

    Cecil Taylor-p
    Jimmy Lyons-as
    Kurt Lindgren-b
    Sunny Murray-d

    1. Announcement, Swedish
    2. Spontaneous Improvisation (14:18)
    3. Flamingo (13:51)
    4. What's New (7:06)
    Total time (35:09)

    1 – 3. TV broadcast, tape
    2 – 3. Ingo (Italy), Sixteen, "The Early Unit 1962", (LP)
    4. In circulation as a radio broadcast.

    Notes: The LP, # 2 – 3, is made from the TV broadcast.
    According to Sunny Murray, it only happened once in Stockholm that a
    recording session took place and as Kurt Lindgren played with the
    group only 2 days, it is likely that the possible radio recording
    took place on the same occasion as the TV recording. The TV broadcast
    is confirmed by a notice in an article from Orkesterjournalen (SE),
    November 1962.
    The TV tape was reused.
    The announcement is made by Bengt "Abbe" Johansson.

    Primary Source: Info from Jan Ström, #4 also documented by Ed Hazell in his unpubished C. T. discography

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  7. riccardo9 January 2011 at 21:56:00 CET

    Many thanks for this post onxidlib, and for having advised me about Michael's message.

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  8. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth10 January 2011 at 15:42:00 CET

    Thank you Trane for this welcome illumination.
    Maybe someone has the radio broadcast and is able to complement this post.

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  9. Igor12 January 2011 at 23:23:00 CET

    Many thanks for the music, onxidlib.
    Thanks for the info, trane.

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  10. SH13 January 2011 at 03:35:00 CET

    Stupendous, thanks! (And agree on the sound quality relative to Nefertiti...)

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  11. unitstructure18 February 2011 at 12:53:00 CET

    thanks for shedding more light on this band.very enjoyable listening.

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  12. Sami7 October 2011 at 13:40:00 CEST

    Thank you for this. Really interesting year from CT's history. I wish to hear more one day.

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  13. nospoonboy4 July 2012 at 03:23:00 CEST

    Could you please re-upload??? I am so sorry that I missed this. Thanks in advance...

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  14. Anonymous29 June 2013 at 22:39:00 CEST

    Could you please re-upload??? this precious gem
    . Thanks in advance...
    Alex

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  15. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth29 June 2013 at 23:04:00 CEST

    Re-up soon.

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  16. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 July 2013 at 12:18:00 CEST

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  17. Anonymous25 July 2013 at 13:46:00 CEST

    thank you very much
    for reupoading!!!
    Alex in Solex

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  18. Karl Straub11 April 2014 at 20:22:00 CEST

    Thanks so much for posting this classic material. It's a perfect balance of lyricism and boiling intensity.

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  19. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth19 June 2015 at 22:59:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  20. Benedrin20 June 2015 at 00:04:00 CEST

    A big thank you, I was just think about this.

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  21. Benedrin20 June 2015 at 00:21:00 CEST

    Oh..., and here is the missing 7 min incomplete bit titled What's New, taken from this colossal research web-page about Jimmy Lyons at http://www.janstrom.se

    http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/gaFrFvpQ/file.html

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  22. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth20 June 2015 at 01:12:00 CEST

    Thank you very much, Benedrin for the missing track! Great to have it!

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  23. Dark Matter20 June 2015 at 07:36:00 CEST

    @onxidlib:

    Many thanks for the re-up of the Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit - The Early Unit 1962.

    Best

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  24. Chiquilicuare y Zappa20 June 2015 at 10:03:00 CEST

    Many thanks for your blog, in special for the albums by Byard Lancaster and Mtume .I discovered these downloads consulting Preview , thank you very much to identify the subject , I was not clear if it was from this session , thank you very much for reup

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  25. john30 July 2015 at 22:57:00 CEST

    Benedrin, thanks for the additional 'What's New' piece, a lovely addition to the rest of the disc- enjoying it now!

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  26. Volkan Terzioglu24 December 2020 at 10:50:00 CET

    Hey, I hope everything is fine. Today I checked the sessionography and found out that The Early Unit 1962 is missing at me, can you please reupload? all the best, volkan

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  27. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth24 December 2020 at 15:18:00 CET

    HI Volkan, the link from 19 June 2015 is still good.
    Cheers

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  28. nospoonboy26 December 2020 at 15:13:00 CET

    Thank you so much for sharing this!

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