Dark to Themselves

Dark to Themselves
Live album by Cecil Taylor
Released 1976
Recorded June 18, 1976
Genre Free jazz
Length 61:45
Label Enja
Cecil Taylor chronology
Silent Tongues
(1974)
Dark to Themselves
(1976)
Air Above Mountains
(1976)

Dark to Themselves is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Yugoslavia on June 18, 1976 and released on the Enja label. The album features one continuous performance by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, David S. Ware and Marc Edwards.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awards it 4.5 stars, stating: "Listeners with very open ears and longtime fans of Cecil Taylor can consider this explosive performance to be essential".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Streams and Chorus of Seed" - 61:45

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 14 July 2009
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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