Historic Concerts

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Historic Concerts
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Live album by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach
Released 1984
Recorded December 15, 1979
Genre Free jazz
Length 106:38
Label Soul Note
Cecil Taylor chronology
One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
(1978)One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye1978
Historic Concerts
(1979)
It is in the Brewing Luminous
(1980)It is in the Brewing Luminous1980
Max Roach chronology
Pictures in a Frame
(1979)
Historic Concerts
(1979)
Chattahoochee Red
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars[2]

Historic Concerts is a live album by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979 and released on the Soul Note label in 1984. The album features solo and duet performances by Taylor and Roach along with interviews recorded after the concert (included only on the CD editions).

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The passionate music is quite atonal but coherent, with Taylor displaying an impressive amount of energy and the two masters (who had not rehearsed or ever played together before) communicating pretty well".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach.
  1. "Presentation" - 1:06
  2. "Drums Solo" - 5:02
  3. "Piano Solo" - 5:04
  4. "Duets, Part 1" - 40:04
  5. "Duets, Part 2" - 38:32
  6. "Interviews, Part 1" - 9:36
  7. "Interviews, Part 2" - 7:14
  • Recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic Review
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  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 15 July 2009