Cecil Taylor – Calling It The 8th

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Recorded live November 8, 1981 at 2nd Freiburger Jazztage in Freiburg/West Germany.

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Calling It The 8th LP, Album	hat MUSICS – hat MUSICS 3508	Switzerland	1983	Switzerland — 1983	Recently Edited
	Calling It The 8th LP, Album	hat MUSICS – hat MUSICS 3508	Japan	1983	Japan — 1983	New Submission
	The Eighth 2×LP, Album	Hat Hut Records – ART 2036	Switzerland	1986	Switzerland — 1986	Recently Edited
	The Eighth CD, Album, Reissue	hat ART – hat ART CD 6036	Switzerland	1989	Switzerland — 1989	Recently Edited
	The Eighth CD, Album, Reissue	hat ART – hat ART CD 6036	Switzerland	1989	Switzerland — 1989	New Submission
	The Eighth CD, Album, Reissue	hat ART – hat ART CD 6036	Switzerland	1991	Switzerland — 1991	Recently Edited
	The Eighth CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo	Hat Hut Records – CRCJ-60002	Japan	1992	Japan — 1992	New Submission
	The Eighth CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	hatOLOGY – hatOLOGY 622	Switzerland	2006	Switzerland — 2006	Recently Edited

mibink Dec 2, 2024
Edited 28 days ago
referencing The Eighth (CD, Album, Reissue) hat ART CD 6036
With fewer instruments in the mix than It Is In the Brewing Luminous from the year before, this performance is a lot easier to digest (in as much as that is possible with Cecil Taylor). No less frenetic, but with more room to breath due to it being less dense, this will find it's way to my stereo much more often than the aforementioned album. Both performances are still towering, colossal.
bstry Apr 25, 2018
referencing The Eighth (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) hatOLOGY 622
Jimmy Lyons is Cecil's partner in sonic crime. Lyons horn has a accessibility issue with its nasal tone. He rips like Charlie Parker which he is typically assigned as a disciple. The conversations and interplay between Lyons and Taylor is amazing and this album is one of its best examples. Parker and Bakr more than hold up their end of the bargain. Definitely Cecil in a quartet setting that is top shelf.