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Cecil Taylor

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I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.


— Cecil Taylor


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I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.


— Cecil Taylor


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If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.


— Cecil Taylor


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Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.


— Cecil Taylor


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The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.


— Cecil Taylor


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To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.


— Cecil Taylor


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You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.


— Cecil Taylor


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" Taylor's Quartet featuring Lacy also appeared at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Taylor Lyons and drummer Sunny Murray (and later Andrew Cyrille) formed the core personnel of The Unit Taylor's primary group effort until Lyons's premature death in 1986. His piano technique has been likened to percussion for example described as "eighty-eight tuned drums" (referring to the number of keys on a standard piano).

Classically trained Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His piano technique has been likened to percussion for example described as "eighty-eight tuned drums" (referring to the number of keys on a standard piano). His music is characterized by an extremely energetic physical approach producing complex improvised sounds frequently involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms.

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