Conquistador! is a Jazz album by Cecil Taylor, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- intense
About
For the second of Cecil Taylor's two Blue Note albums (following Unit Structures), the innovative pianist utilized a sextet comprised of trumpeter Bill Dixon, altoist Jimmy Lyons, both Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on basses and drummer Andrew Cyrille. During the two lengthy pieces, Lyons' passionate solos contrast with Dixon's quieter ruminations while the music in general is unremittingly intense. Both of the Taylor Blue Notes are quite historic and near-classics but, despite this important documentation, Cecil Taylor (other than a pair of Paris concerts) would not appear on records again until 1973. .
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Tracklist
- 1Conquistador (2003 Remaster)18:02
- 2With (Exit) [2003 Remaster]19:30
Credits
Performers
- Jimmy LyonsALTO SAXOPHONE
- Alan SilvaBASS
- Henry GrimesBASS
- Andrew CyrilleDRUMS
- Cecil TaylorPIANO
- Bill DixonTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold