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

References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. "Buell Neidlinger: From Taylor to Zappa to the Carpenters". All About Jazz. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 8 July 2009.