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He was a keyboardist, though. His post-1970 live output is filled with him playing organ, often to set the harmonic context and direction for the rest of the ba
by beat 9y ago
He was a keyboardist, though. His post-1970 live output is filled with him playing organ, often to set the harmonic context and direction for the rest of the band, as he was doing full-band improvisation at that point.
- colordrops 9y agoOK fair enough, but was he really the right choice for the title of the paper?
- beat 9y agowell, how many jazz musicians can most non-jazz people even name? Miles, maybe Louis Armstrong, maybe Duke Ellington. If they'd said "Cecil Taylor", who'd have recognized him?
- colordrops 9y agoThelonius Monk, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock are all nearly household names. Yes, not as famous as Miles Davis, but up there.