Cell Walk for Celeste

Cell Walk for Celeste
Studio album by Cecil Taylor
Released 1988
Recorded January 9 & 10, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length 56:06
Label Candid
Cecil Taylor chronology

Air
(1960)
Cell Walk for Celeste
(1961)
Jumpin' Punkins
(1961)
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Cell Walk for Celeste is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in January 1961 but not released until 1988. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles. Additional recordings from these sessions were released on New York City R&B in 1971 and Jumpin' Punkins in 1987.

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Tayor except as indicated
  1. "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 1] - 11:32
  2. "Davis" [Take 1] (Buell Neidlinger) - 3:12
  3. "Section C" [Take 1] - 10:24
  4. "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 4] (Mercer Ellington) - 8:20
  5. "Jumpin' Punkins" [Take 5] (Ellington) - 8:20
  6. "Davis" [Take 3] - 5:20
  7. "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 3] - 9:51

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