Cell Walk for Celeste
Cell Walk for Celeste | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by Cecil Taylor | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | January 9 & 10, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 56:06 | |||
Label | Candid | |||
Cecil Taylor chronology | ||||
|
Cell Walk for Celeste is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in January 1961 but not released until 1988. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles. Additional recordings from these sessions were released on New York City R&B in 1971 and Jumpin' Punkins in 1987.
Reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
An AllMusic review states: "these Cecil Taylor small group arrangements find the pianist at an intriguing stage of his musical development, encompassing the traditional post-bop jazz of 'Jumpin' Punkins'..., and the more radical, yet still structured approach of the title track. Accompanied by an all-star lineup... Taylor's playing is like aural modern ballet—fractured, flowing, and lyrical."[1]
Track listing
- All compositions by Cecil Tayor except as indicated
- "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 1] – 11:32
- "Davis" [Take 1] (Buell Neidlinger) – 3:12
- "Section C" [Take 1] – 10:24
- "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 4] (Mercer Ellington) – 8:20
- "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 5] (Ellington) – 8:20
- "Davis" [Take 3] – 5:20
- "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 3] – 9:51
- Recorded Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, January 9 & 10, 1961
Personnel
- Cecil Taylor – piano
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
- Buell Neidlinger – bass
- Denis Charles – drums
Tracks 4,5 also includes:
- Billy Higgins – drums
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
References
- ^ a b Allmusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1380. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
- Jazz Advance
- Looking Ahead!
- Stereo Drive
- Love for Sale
- The World of Cecil Taylor
- Air
- Cell Walk for Celeste
- Jumpin' Punkins
- New York City R&B
- Unit Structures
- Conquistador!
- Cecil Taylor Unit
- 3 Phasis
- Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
- Chinampas
- In Florescence
- Momentum Space
- At Newport
- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come
- Student Studies
- Praxis
- The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
- Indent
- Akisakila
- Solo
- Spring of Two Blue J's
- Silent Tongues
- Dark to Themselves
- Air Above Mountains
- Live in the Black Forest
- One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
- Historic Concerts
- It Is in the Brewing Luminous
- Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
- The Eighth
- Garden
- Iwontunwonsi
- Amewa
- For Olim
- Olu Iwa
- Live in Bologna
- Live in Vienna
- Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil
- In East Berlin
- Regalia
- The Hearth
- Alms/Tiergarten (Spree)
- Remembrance
- Pleistozaen Mit Wasser
- Spots, Circles, and Fantasy
- Legba Crossing
- Erzulie Maketh Scent
- Leaf Palm Hand
- Looking (Berlin Version) Solo
- Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio
- Looking (Berlin Version) Corona
- Celebrated Blazons
- 2 Ts for a Lovely T
- CT: The Dance Project
- Double Holy House
- Nailed
- Melancholy
- The Tree of Life
- Always a Pleasure
- The Light of Corona
- Almeda
- Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1
- Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2
- Lifting the Bandstand
- Algonquin
- Incarnation
- The Willisau Concert
- The Owner of the River Bank
- All the Notes
- Taylor/Dixon/Oxley
- The Last Dance
- Mixed