◇ image via WikipediaCecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of On the Corner, Andy Bey, Mary Lou Williams and John Fahey. Those roots explain a lot about how Cecil Taylor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Jimmy Giuffre, David Murray and Paul Bley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joseph Bowie, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Craig S. Harris, Stephen Trask and Lou Reed, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Cecil Taylor, reaching back through On the Corner and forward to Joseph Bowie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cecil Taylor connections
Cecil Taylor grew out of On the Corner, Andy Bey, Mary Lou Williams and John Fahey, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Jimmy Giuffre and David Murray, went on to shape Joseph Bowie, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Craig S. Harris and Stephen Trask. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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