Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series!
All-Analog 180g Viny LP!
Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed at Optimal!
The intrepid free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor made his Blue Note debut with the explosive 1966 album Unit Structures featuring trumpeter Eddie Gale, saxophonists Jimmy Lyons and Ken McIntyre, bassists Henry Grimes and Alan Silva, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The four extended pieces performed here scale the pinnacle of the mid-1960s jazz avant-garde.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, & pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Taylor's high-energy atonalism fit in well with the free jazz of the period but he was actually leading the way rather than being part of a movement. In fact, this septet outing with trumpeter Eddie Gale, altoist Jimmy Lyons, Ken McIntyre (alternating between alto, oboe and bass clarinet), both Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on basses, and drummer Andrew Cyrille is quite stunning and very intense. In fact, it could be safely argued that no jazz music of the era approached the ferocity and intensity of Cecil Taylor's
Features
- Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
- 180g Vinyl LP
- All-Analog Pressing
- Mastered by Kevin Gray from the Original Analog Tapes
- Manufactured at Optimal in Germany
Musicians
| Eddie Gale Stevens Jr. | trumpet |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Lyons | alto sax |
| Ken McIntyre | alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet |
| Cecil Taylor | piano, bells |
| Henry Grimes | bass |
| Alan Silva | bass |
| Andrew Cyrille | drums |
Selections
Side 1:
- Steps,
- Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure)
Side 2:
- Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section
- Tales (8 Whisps)
