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Cecil Taylor, Piano

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b. March 15, 1933

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New York, NY

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Though grounded in the tradition (Hot Lips Page, Johnny Hodges, etc.), he majors in freely improvised music delivered with impressive virtuosity within his own significant structural resources.  One of the music’s premier iconoclasts.

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Great Concert of Cecil Taylor

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Taylor

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