Cecil Taylor
Also Known As: Cecil Percival Taylor
Biography: Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: March 15, 1933
Deathday: April 05, 2018
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Great Rehearsals: Cecil Taylor in Paris
Overview: French television documentary about Cecil Taylor.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-28
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Sunny's Time Now
Overview: Retracing the longstanding career of avant-garde drummer Sunny Murray, one of the most influential figures of the Free jazz revolution. Through a series of interviews with key time witnesses as well as historic and contemporary concert footage, it reassesses the relationship between the libertarian music movement and the political events of the 1960s, whose social claims it so intimately reflected. By doing so, it also recounts how the most radical forms of musical expression were excluded from the major production and distribution networks as the libertarian ideal went out of fashion. Beyond its historical approach, the film follows Sunny Murray on current gigs, showing his daily struggle to perpetuate a musical genre which is still widely ignored by the general public. In doing so, Sunny's time now also dwells on the near-clandestine community of aficionados who continue to worship the gods of their musical coming of age, and whose unfaltering support has permitted free ...
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-14
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Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Overview: Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. Seated at his beloved and battered piano in his Brooklyn brownstone the maestro holds court with frequent stentorian pronouncements on life, art and music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor, Live in Paris
Overview: 1984 performance by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Imagine the Sound
Overview: An examination, shown through both interviews and performances, of the avant-garde free jazz movement which reigned during the 1960s.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-24
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Cecil e l'Instabile
Overview: Photos and interviews by Livio Minafra, carried out between Ruvo di Puglia and Paris between 2000 and 2002. Interview Renato Geremia, Guido Mazzon, Martin Mayes, Marcello Lorrai and Francesco Martinelli. Taylor and Instabile video concert commissioned to Giovanni Visaggio, Video Art Studio by Pino Minafra during Talos Festival 2000 in Ruvo di Puglia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-12
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Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends
Overview: In 1973, Leonid Samuilovich flees the USSR and lands a job at the BBC in London. Five years later, radio host Alexei Leonidov starts releasing clandestine recordings smuggled from totalitarian countries via intricate cloak-and-dagger operations. Today, 86-year-old music producer Leo Feigin sits on top of over 30.000 LPs, contemplating on the meaning of his work amidst the grim outlook of new Iron Curtains. Leo Records is a symbol of musical resistance against authoritarian regimes and a pioneer of what we now know as avant-garde.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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