Air (Cecil Taylor album)

Air
Studio album by Cecil Taylor
Released	1988
Recorded	October 12 & 13, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Label	Candid
Cecil Taylor chronology
The World of Cecil Taylor (1960) Air (1960) Cell Walk for Celeste (1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Air is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in October 1960. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Sunny Murray on alternate takes of material released on The World of Cecil Taylor (1960). The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states "One can only imagine what the reaction of the average jazz fan was in 1960 when this session was recorded. This is a wonderful document from early in Taylor's career, when he was midway between modernist approaches to standard material and his own radical experiments that would come to full fruition a few years hence... A classic recording that belongs in anyone's collection".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Tayor

1. "Number One" [Take 1] – 12:35
2. "Number One" [Take 2] – 8:36
3. "Air" [Take 9] – 17:34
4. "Air" [Take 21] – 11:24
5. "Air" [Take 24] – 10:21
6. "Port of Call" [Take 3] – 4:25

• • Recorded Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, October 12 & 13, 1960

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Buell Neidlinger: bass
• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone (tracks 3-5)
• Sunny Murray: drums (tracks 1-3)
• Denis Charles: drums (tracks 4-5)

References