20 July 2008

Cecil Taylor Unit, The Power Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 15th April, 1976


In April, sotise posted a stunning Cecil Taylor Unit concert from Berlin in November 1975. This concert is from six months later, and has moments that are equally powerful - the sheer force of Jimmy Lyons' alto in the first section, and his interplay with Cecil and David S Ware, is breathtaking. The recording is from an FM broadcast and is also very good. Many thanks to abbcccus for reseeding this recently on dime.

Cecil Taylor Unit
The Power Center Michigan State University at Ann Arbor
15th April, 1976

Original broadcast WCBN-FM / National Public Radio "Jazz Alive"

Cecil Taylor - piano
Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
David S. Ware - tenor saxophone
Raphe Malik - trumpet
Marc Edwards - drums

1 Improvisation [32:10]
2 Cecil Taylor announcement [00:18]
3 Petals (incomplete) [13:46]
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18 comments:

  1. Tantris20 July 2008 at 16:02:00 CEST

    MP3 @ 320
    http://rapidshare.com/files/131048046/CTUnitMichigan76.zip

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  2. 100921 July 2008 at 01:36:00 CEST

    isn't this one six months later than the other set? no cecil expert myself, but it seems like these guys stuck around the unit for a while (into the 80s?), whereas during the akisakila period it was just a trio or quartet. anyone who can straighten this out?

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  3. Tantris21 July 2008 at 07:09:00 CEST

    oh my ... how can I type earlier when I mean later ... I have corrected my intial post ... thanks 1009

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  4. Anonymous21 July 2008 at 16:36:00 CEST

    1009: This same quintet also recorded "Dark to Themselves" (Enja) in June 1976, but didn't hold together for long thereafter. CT's next line-up chronologically appears on the two New World releases from 1978.

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  5. 100921 July 2008 at 17:13:00 CEST

    thanks for the info glmlr, tantris.

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  6. Anonymous21 July 2008 at 17:24:00 CEST

    This is awesome, Tantris. And C.T. aside, I think it's worth pointing out that Raphe Malik is under-documented. It's great to get more of him.

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  7. SOTISE22 July 2008 at 15:15:00 CEST

    thanks tantris
    this is a great compliment to the enja lp.
    cheers

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  8. sambeck200122 July 2008 at 15:47:00 CEST

    Thank you for this. i love the "dark to themselves" CD, too. trusting to the ct Sessionography there has to be a broadcast recording of an concert in hamburg 1976. anybody out there, who has taped it?

    downloading right now.

    sambec

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  9. Anonymous22 July 2008 at 19:26:00 CEST

    That would be the University of Michigan, not Michigan State!

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  10. centrifuge23 July 2008 at 00:17:00 CEST

    what a great line-up... thanks tantris!

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  11. centrifuge23 July 2008 at 00:33:00 CEST

    oh yes, and a lovely pic too btw.

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  12. Unknown23 July 2008 at 01:15:00 CEST

    Hi Tantris!
    Many thanks for these posts, this one is terrific.
    Again you confirm that this is the place.
    Oh, and I'm agree with Cent, nice picture too. Tantris, how I'd like to see the whole series of photos. Must be great.

    See you!

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  13. Tantris23 July 2008 at 08:34:00 CEST

    Great to hear that you're enjoying this one. On the location, dylanfreak on dime indicated that 'the Power Center is on the University of Michigan Campus ( in Ann Arbor, MI), not Michigan St. University (that is in Lansing, MI ). Just wanted you to have the correct details' - so I suppose this clears that point up.

    The photograph is from the same place as the one that accompanied the Ethnic Heritage concert posted here a few weeks ago.

    Cheers, t

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  14. Hookfinger27 July 2008 at 05:32:00 CEST

    Ummm..I don't come here nearly as often as I should. Great stuff, and once again, thanks for sharing.

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  15. Anonymous3 August 2008 at 08:48:00 CEST

    Thank you profusely from someone who was actually in the audience the night this was recorded! Can't believe I can hear it again. Thanks!

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  16. sambeck200119 August 2008 at 19:43:00 CEST

    Althoug i was asking for it: i found an old cassette tape from 1990 in a bin:

    The Cecil Taylor Unit - Hamburg 1976:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/135811940/Hamburg1976.rar

    Unfortunately only a castrated version. :-(
    See info included.

    Have fun

    sambec

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  17. Kevin25 August 2008 at 10:07:00 CEST

    Haven't been here in awhile, but I can see that you guys haven't slowed down one bit. Any day that I can pick up some more Cecil Taylor live stuff is a good day.

    By the way, I just reposted the Brotzman, Hopkins, Ali-Songlines record on Eclectic Grooves. If you didn't get a chance to download it before, it is definitely worth your while.

    Best, Kevin

    http://eclectic-grooves.blogspot.com

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  18. Johnny2 September 2011 at 05:48:00 CEST

    I saw Cecil Taylor at the Power Center in 1978. By the way this is at the University of Michigan, and not Michigan State as listed on the web page.

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