New York City R&B

New York City R&B
Studio album by Buell Neidlinger / Cecil Taylor
Released	1961
Recorded	January 9 & 10, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:23
Label	Candid (1961), Columbia (1971)
Producer	Nat Hentoff
Cecil Taylor chronology
Jumpin' Punkins (1961) New York City R&B (1961) Into the Hot (1961)

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Allmusic	[1]

New York City R&B is a 1961 free jazz album originally recorded at a session by bassist Buell Neidlinger^[2] but subsequently reissued under joint names with the pianist Cecil Taylor. It was produced by Nat Hentoff. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This music is quite advanced for the period although more accessible to the average listener than Taylor's later recordings; at least one can hear (even in abstract form) his connection to the bebop tradition and to Duke Ellington".^[3]

Tracklisting

1. "O.P." (Buell Neidlinger) - 9:15
2. "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 8] (Cecil Taylor) - 11:38
3. "Cindy's Main Mood" (Billy Higgins, Neidlinger, Taylor) - 5:14
4. "Things Ain't What they Used to Be" [Take 1] (Mercer Ellington) - 10:07

• Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, January 9 & 10, 1961

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Buell Neidlinger: bass
• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
• Clark Terry: trumpet
• Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone
• Roswell Rudd: trombone
• Charles Davis: baritone saxophone
• Denis Charles: drums
• Billy Higgins: drums

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