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Concrete." Covering 65 minutes of this 72-minute set, this mammoth work allows all the wonderful elements of Taylor's sound architecture to be on display simultaneously... On disc two, recorded the next evening, Taylor is in duet with the great lyrical drummer Günter Sommer. Sommer has a true command of glissando, not only in his captivating and astonishing cymbal work (which opens the first of these three parts), but also his work on the floor tom, making it seem to dance in midair while holding down the fort. Taylor's interaction with him is one that is completely complementary. Taylor has been in dynamic, overpowering duos of force before — most notably with
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All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer.
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479:The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
396:Recorded in Berlin on June 21, 1988
364:Recorded in Berlin on June 20, 1988
16:1989 live album by Cecil Taylor
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507:Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004).
443:Cecil Taylor sessionography
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312:The Philadelphia Tribune
1193:FMP Records live albums
935:Alms/Tiergarten (Spree)
907:Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil
1198:Solo piano jazz albums
949:Pleistozaen Mit Wasser
788:Spring of Two Blue J's
389:"Puuc, Part 3" - 11:07
386:"Puuc, Part 2" - 22:37
383:"Puuc, Part 1" - 38:25
357:"Stone, Part 4" - 1:47
354:"The Old Canal" - 2:00
351:"Stone, Part 3" - 1:13
348:"Stone, Part 2" - 1:13
345:"Stone, Part 1" - 1:47
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1019:CT: The Dance Project
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1061:The Light of Corona
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587:Discography
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1040:Melancholy
928:The Hearth
851:The Eighth
732:At Newport
521:Jurek, T.
430:References
425:(Disc Two)
92:chronology
37:Live album
1096:Algonquin
774:Akisakila
700:Chinampas
403:Personnel
156:Reception
71:Free jazz
879:For Olim
686:3 Phasis
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324:Disc One
289:AllMusic
180:Allmusic
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
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886:Olu Iwa
484:Penguin
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121:Regalia
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1033:Nailed
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488:ISBN
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637:Air
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