Looking Ahead!
This article is about the album by Cecil Taylor. For other uses, see Looking Ahead.
| Looking Ahead! | ||||
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| Studio album by Cecil Taylor | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | June 9, 1958 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:47 | |||
| Label | Contemporary | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
Looking Ahead! is the second album by pianist Cecil Taylor, recorded for the Contemporary label in June 1958. The album features performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles, and Earl Griffith.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states "Looking Ahead! does just that while still keeping several toes in the tradition. It's an amazing document of a talent fairly straining at the reins, a meteor about to burst onto the jazz scene and render it forever changed... Looking Ahead! is a vital recording from the nascence of one of the towering geniuses of modern music and belongs in any jazz fan's collection".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Cecil Tayor except as indicated
- "Luyah! The Glorious Step" - 6:25
- "African Violets" (Griffith, Taylor) - 5:12
- "Of What" - 8:18
- "Wallering" - 5:22
- "Toll" - 7:38
- "Excursion on a Wobbly Rail" - 9:04
- Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Studios, NYC, June 9, 1958
Personnel
- Cecil Taylor: piano
- Buell Neidlinger: bass
- Denis Charles: drums
- Earl Griffith: vibes
References
- ↑ Allmusic Review
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed July 9, 2009.
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