Mixed (album)

Mixed
Compilation album by Cecil Taylor/Roswell Rudd
Released	1998
Recorded	October 10, 1961 & July 8, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:56
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Creed Taylor
Cecil Taylor chronology
New York City R&B (1961) Mixed (1961) Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (1962)
Roswell Rudd chronology
Roswell Rudd (1965) Everywhere (1966) Numatik Swing Band (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Mixed is a compilation album of two avant-garde jazz sessions featuring performances by the Cecil Taylor Unit and the Roswell Rudd Sextet. The album was released on the Impulse! label in 1998 and collects three performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes and Sunny Murray with Ted Curson and Roswell Rudd added on one track which were originally released under Gil Evans' name on Into the Hot (1961). The remaining tracks feature Rudd with Giuseppi Logan, Lewis Worrell, Charlie Haden, Beaver Harris and Robin Kenyatta and were originally released as Everywhere (1966). Essentially these are the three Cecil Taylor tracks form the "Gil Evans album" (i.e. Evans was not meaningfully involved but Impulse had printed the album covers) teamed with Roswell Rudd's Impulse album Everywhere, in its entirety.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Although not Roswell Rudd's greatest album, there are enough fascinating ensembles on this set for it to nearly hold its own with Cecil Taylor's more essential session".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Bulbs" (Cecil Taylor) – 6:49
2. "Pots" (Taylor) – 5:44
3. "Mixed" (Taylor) – 10:08
4. "Everywhere" (Beaver Harris) – 11:32
5. "Yankee No-How" (Roswell Rudd) – 12:03
6. "Respects" (Rudd) – 11:39
7. "Satan's Dance" (Giuseppi Logan) – 12:01

• Recorded in New York City on October 10, 1961 (tracks 1–3) & San Francisco on February 1, 1966 (tracks 4–7)

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano (tracks 1–3)
• Jimmy Lyons: alto saxophone (tracks 1–3)
• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3)
• Henry Grimes: bass (tracks 1–3)
• Sunny Murray: drums (tracks 1–3)
• Ted Curson: trumpet (track 3)
• Roswell Rudd: trombone (tracks 3–7)
• Giuseppi Logan: flute, bass clarinet (tracks 4–7)
• Lewis Worrell: bass (tracks 4–7)
• Charlie Haden: bass (tracks 4–7)
• Beaver Harris: drums (tracks 4–7)
• Robin Kenyatta: alto saxophone (tracks 4–7)

References