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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. His technique has been compared to percussion.
Cecil Taylor, American jazz musician and composer, among the leading free-style pianists. His mastery of improved form was unprecedented in jazz; he used an extensive repertoire of devices to develop simple material into dense, complex, extended, but structurally unified works.
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Apr 6, 2018 · Cecil Taylor, a pianist who challenged the jazz tradition that produced him and became one of the most bracing, rhapsodic, abstract and original improvisers of his time, died on Thursday at his...
- Ben Ratliff
Apr 10, 2018 · The Deceptively Accessible Music of Cecil Taylor. The composer and free-jazz giant, who died Thursday at 89, has a reputation for making challenging music, but the reality is far less imposing....
- David A. Graham
Apr 6, 2018 · Pianist Cecil Taylor, a pioneer of free jazz and icon of the avant-garde for more than half a century, died Thursday evening at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 89.
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Apr 6, 2018 · Cecil Taylor, Jazz Icon Of The Avant-Garde, Dies At 89. Over a career that sprawled across six full decades, Taylor maintained an unwavering standard of expedition. And what he discovered —...
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Apr 5, 2018 · Learn about Cecil Taylor, one of the most uncompromisingly gifted pianists in jazz history, who utilized a nearly overwhelming orchestral facility on the piano. Explore his biography, discography, and influence on the avant-garde, especially of the 1960s and 1970s.
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