Happy Birthday, Cecil Taylor‏

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His percussive piano has been described as 
sounding like "eighty-eight tuned drums."

Cecil Taylor's energetic style containing 
complex poly-rhythms and bearing obvious 
classical influence was a pioneering force 
of free form jazz.

For his 85th birthday we celebrate Cecil's 
wild improvisations with an excerpt from the 
1981 documentary film "Imagine the Sound" 
in which he is featured. 

Video:

http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/26297.html









His percussive piano has been described as 
sounding like "eighty-eight tuned drums."

Cecil Taylor's energetic style containing 
complex poly-rhythms and bearing obvious 
classical influence was a pioneering force 
of free form jazz.

For his 85th birthday we celebrate Cecil's 
wild improvisations with an excerpt from the 
1981 documentary film "Imagine the Sound" 
in which he is featured. 

Video:

http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/26297.html