Looking (Berlin Version) Corona

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Looking (Berlin Version) Corona
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Live album by
Released1991
RecordedNovember 3–4, 1989
Genre Free jazz
Length69:42
Label FMP
Cecil Taylor chronology
Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio
(1990)
Looking (Berlin Version) Corona
(1991)
Celebrated Blazons
(1993)
Professional ratings
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Looking (Berlin Version) Corona is a live album featuring performances by Cecil Taylor with Harald Kimmig, Muneer Abdul Fataah, William Parker and Tony Oxley recorded in Berlin on November 3 & 4, 1989 and released on the FMP label. [3]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states "Recorded a couple of days after the similarly titled solo piano performance also released on FMP, Looking (Berlin Version) Corona is a fine quintet concert, notable for the relatively unusual (for Taylor) instrumental grouping employed... There's an enormous number of recordings from Taylor in the late '80s (much of it on FMP) and, while this may not rank at the very top of even that batch, it's a quite enjoyable release and one that the serious aficionado will want to hear". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
No.TitleLength
1."First Movement"60:15
2."Second Movement"3:30
3."Third Movement"7:30
Total length:69:45
  • Recorded at the Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, in Berlin, Germany on November 3 (tracks 2 & 3) & 4 (track 1), 1989

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1382. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Cecil Taylor sessionography accessed 4 September 2009
  4. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 4 September 2009