Cecil Taylor

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bandleader composer human jazz musician pianist poet

Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet renowned as a pioneering figure in avant-garde and free jazz, celebrated for his highly percussive, complex, and improvisational playing style.

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Label Occurrences
Cecil Taylor canonical 9
Cecil Percival Taylor 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
associatedAct Andrew Cyrille ⓘ
Bill Dixon ⓘ
Jimmy Lyons ⓘ
Sunny Murray ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-03-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-04-05 ⓘ
educatedAt New England Conservatory of Music ⓘ
New York College of Music ⓘ
familyName Taylor ⓘ
fullName Cecil Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cecil Percival Taylor
gender male ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ
givenName Cecil ⓘ
influenced Alexander von Schlippenbach ⓘ
Anthony Braxton ⓘ
European free improvisation ⓘ
influencedBy Duke Ellington ⓘ
Horace Silver ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement avant-garde jazz movement ⓘ
notableFor complex improvisations ⓘ
highly percussive piano style ⓘ
pioneering free jazz ⓘ
notableWork Conquistador! ⓘ
Jazz Advance ⓘ
Unit Structures ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Candid Records ⓘ
Enja Records ⓘ
FMP Records ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ

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Cecil → hasNotableBearer → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Tom Wilson → workedWith → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Tom Wilson → produced → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Thelonious Monk → influenced → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Sam Rivers → associatedAct → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Cecil Taylor → fullName → Cecil Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cecil Percival Taylor
Sunny Murray → associatedAct → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Sunny Murray → collaboratedWith → Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Archie Shepp → associatedWith → Cecil Taylor ⓘ