Legba Crossing
1989 live album by Cecil Taylor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Legba Crossing is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble recorded in Berlin on July 15, 1988 as part of month-long series of concerts by Taylor and released on the FMP label. Taylor did not play the piano on this album, but instead directed the ensemble and contributed vocalizations.[1]
Legba Crossing | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | July 15, 1988 | |||
Venue | Kongresshalle, Berlin | |||
Genre | Free jazz | |||
Length | 48:15 | |||
Label | FMP | |||
Producer | Jost Gebers | |||
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On the album, Taylor guided a group of 13 musicians through his challenging score, yielding "such a music that at every instant a oneness, a shifting feeling of coherence remains distinct that, especially in the processes of free jazz, is so easily abandoned in favour of a destructive type of playing or solo eruptions, or grating conversations, or minimalistic 'coasting'."[2] Saxophonist Biggi Vinkeloe, a participant in the session, recalled: "I know that many people thought that it was organized chaos... It was extremely precise, and he had incredible ears."[3]