Indent (album)

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Indent
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Live album by
Cecil Taylor
Released1973
RecordedMarch 11, 1973
Genre Free jazz
Length44:45
Label Arista Freedom
Cecil Taylor chronology
The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor
(1969)		Indent
(1973)		 Akisakila
(1973)

Indent is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in March 1973, originally released on Taylor's own Unit Core label and subsequently more widely released on the Arista Freedom label. [1] It was the first solo piano performance released by Taylor but was recorded over four years after Praxis which saw limited release in 1982. [2]

Contents

Indent was recorded at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. [3] Taylor taught at Antioch from 1971–73 and, with bandmates Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille, led a student orchestra called The Black Music Ensemble. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "Taylor is quite stunning in his control of the piano, his wide range of percussive sound and his endurance. As is often true of Cecil Taylor's music, this recital is not for the faint-of-heart, but those with open ears will find it rewarding and certainly stimulating". [1]

Robert Palmer wrote: "Taylor's music deals with the creation of energy and with motion... On Indent, he is also attempting a coherently organized exploration of the melodic, harmonic, textural and tonal resources of his instrument... The deliberate clarity of Taylor's musical thought insures performances which are both thought-provoking and accessible." [7]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 4 stars, and commented: "Indent is fashioned in three layers, with a thoughtful opening section leading to a second part of contrasting effects and conflicts, before moving to the astonishing, grandstanding arpeggios which sound like the keyboard being levered apart: Taylor may eschew showmanship in some ways, but it's telling that this brings cheers from the audience, and it certainly creates a memorable catharsis." [6]

1995 saw the publication of an analysis of the second layer of Indent in the journal Perspectives of New Music. [8]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Indent: first layer" - 13:40
  2. "Indent: second layer (part 1)" - 9:50
  3. "Indent: second layer (part 2)" - 3:50
  4. "Indent: third layer" - 17:25

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Cecil Taylor: Indent". AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Cecil Taylor Sessionography accessed 14 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Palmer, Robert (Spring 1974). "Indent by Cecil Taylor". The Black Perspective in Music. 2 (1): 94.
  4. ↑ Barber, Dave (November 23, 2016). "Open Space for Creativity: Cecil Taylor At Antioch". 91.3 WYSO. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  189. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 1036.
  7. ↑ Palmer, Robert (Spring 1974). "Indent by Cecil Taylor". The Black Perspective in Music. 2 (1): 95.
  8. ↑ Westendorf, Lynette (Winter 1995). "Cecil Taylor: Indent—Second Layer". Perspectives of New Music. 33 (1): 294–326.
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