Cecil Taylor Quotes
- Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, “who’s that at the piano?” - View Quote Details on Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, “who’s that…
- That man is capable of playing ten different notes with ten different fingers, ten different dynamics, ten different attacks and ten different tempi. There is no musician I’ve ever met, including Igor Stravinsky and Pierre Boulez, who come anywhere near having the abilities that Cecil Taylor has. - View Quote Details on That man is capable of playing ten different notes with…
- Who’s that motherfucker? He can’t play shit! - View Quote Details on Who’s that motherfucker? He can’t play shit!
- I don’t expect people who listen to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer to come hear me. I accept that reality. - View Quote Details on I don’t expect people who listen to Emerson, Lake, and…
- The most formidable pianism these ears have heard: This is the great divine of American piano playing. - View Quote Details on The most formidable pianism these ears have heard: This is…
About Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor (born in New York City March 15, 1930) is an American pianist and poet now generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with the better known Ornette Coleman ).
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