From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Sun, Dec 28th 1997, 03:23
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Sun, Dec 28th 1997, 03:23
> > I had little use for free jazz, but I knew there had to be _something_ > > great in there, and eventually, I found Cecil Taylor and earlier > > Ornette Coleman, and my digging through tons of shit was rewarded. > > Just keep looking... Same goes for country, folk, qawwali, African > > musics, etc. > i saw this guy on a videotape of 'the greatest jazz pianists'... ... a > crazy looking man in a tracksuit..... who looked homeless!... but did > the crazyiest things with a piano.... i think the footage was late > seventies.. is that cecil taylor?... i was in no state to remember > names.... if so id love to hear plenty more. I can't guarantee it, but that sounds like Cecil Taylor... listening to him is kind of like just banging on a piano at random intervals, but much better somehow. Kind of an inexplicable listening experience. Although he did do some more "normal" music, he is far more famous for being crazy (given that it said "greatest jazz pianists" and he is by far the most famous crazy jazz _pianist_ it was also prolly him). He's put out a _lot_ of records; I've only heard a couple, and they were mostly on Impulse! I'd just listen before you buy to see what you're getting (sorry, can't give titles, I'm away from my source for jazz music here at home). --- the humble arthur purvis set his hand hereto.