Cecil Taylor Discography
1956 (age 27)
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Steve Lacy, soprano sax #2,4; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass #1-4,6,7; Dennis Charles, drums #1-4,6,7.
Boston, MA, September 14, 1956
| 1. | Bemsha Swing | Transition trlp 19 |
| 2. | Charge 'Em Blues | - |
| 3. | Azure | - |
| 4. | Song | - |
| 5. | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | - |
| 6. | Rick Kick Shaw | - |
| 7. | Sweet And Lovely | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note BN-LA458-H2; Transition (J) LNJ-70072, (J) GXF-3121 |
* Transition trlp 19 Cecil Taylor Quartet - Jazz Advance 1957
= Transition (J) LNJ-70072 - 1976
= Transition (J) GXF-3121 - 1979
= Blue Note BN-LA458-H2 Cecil Taylor - In Transition 1975
* Transition trlp 30 Various Artists - Jazz In Transition 1956
= Transition (J) GXF-3126 - 1979
1957
The Cecil Taylor Quartet At Newport
Steve Lacy, soprano sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass; Dennis Charles, drums.
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, afternoon, July 6, 1957
| Johnny Come Lately | Verve MGV-8238, VSP/VSPS-13, VE-2-2514 | |
| Nona's Blues | Verve MGV-8238, VE-2-2514 | |
| Tune 2 | - |
* Verve MGV-8238 The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet At Newport 1957
= ARS G-437 The Cecil Taylor Quartet, The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory Quintet - Modern Jazz 1950s
* Verve VSP/VSPS-13 Various Artists - Piano Modern 1966
* Verve VE-2-2514 Various Artists - Masters Of The Modern Piano (1955-1966) 1976
1958
The Cecil Taylor Quartet
Earl Griffith, vibraharp; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass; Dennis Charles, drums.
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, June 9, 1958
| Luyah! The Glorious Step | Contemporary M3562 | |
| African Violets | - | |
| Of What | - | |
| Wallering | - | |
| Toll | - | |
| Excursion On A Wobbly Rail | - |
* Contemporary M3562, S7562 The Cecil Taylor Quartet - Looking Ahead! 1959
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-452, OJCCD-452-2 - 1990
Cecil Taylor Quintet
Kenny Dorham, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Chuck Israels, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.
NYC, October 13, 1958
| Shifting Down | United Artists UAL 4014 | |
| Caravan | unissued | |
| Like Someone In Love | United Artists UAL 4014 | |
| Just Friends | - | |
| Double Clutching | - |
* United Artists UAL 4014 The Cecil Taylor Quintet - Hard Driving Jazz 1959
= United Artists UAS 5014 The Cecil Taylor Quintet - Stereo Drive 1959
= United Artists UAJ 14001, UAJS 15001 John Coltrane - Coltrane Time 1963
= Solid State SS 18025 - 1968
= United Artists UAS-5638 - 1972
1959 (age 30)
Cecil Taylor Trio/Quintet
Ted Curson, trumpet #4-6; Bill Barron, tenor sax #4-6; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass; Rudy Collins or Dennis Charles, drums.
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, April 15, 1959
| 1. | Get Out Of Town | United Artists UAL 4046 |
| 2. | I Love Paris | - |
| 3. | Love For Sale | - |
| 4. | Little Lees (aka Louise) | - |
| 5. | Matie's Trophies (aka Motystrophe) | - |
| 6. | Carol / Three Points | - |
* United Artists UAL 4046, UAS 5046 Cecil Taylor Trio And Quintet - Love For Sale 1959
= Blue Note BN-LA458-H2 Cecil Taylor - In Transition 1975
1960
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Archie Shepp, tenor sax #1,5,7; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass; Dennis Charles, drums #1,4-7; Sunny Murray, drums #2,3,8; Nat Hentoff, supervisor.
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, October 12, 1960
| 1. | Air (take 5) | Mosaic MR6-127 |
| 2. | Number One (take 1) | Mosaic MR6-127; Candid (E) CCD79046 |
| 3. | Number One (take 3) | Mosaic MR6-127 |
| 4. | This Nearly Was Mine (take 2) | Candid CJM 8006 |
| 5. | Air (take 9) | Mosaic MR6-127; Candid (E) CCD79046 |
| 6. | E.B. (take 2) | Candid CJM 8006 |
| 7. | Lazy Afternoon (take 1) | - |
| 8. | Number One (take 2) | Candid (E) CCD79046 |
* Candid CJM 8006, CJS 9006 The World Of Cecil Taylor 1961
= Barnaby Z 30562 The Cecil Taylor Quartet - Air 1971
= Candid (Eu) CS 9006 The World Of Cecil Taylor 1985
= Candid (E) CCD79006 - 1989
= Mosaic MR6-127, MD4-127 The Complete Candid Recordings Of Cecil Taylor And Buell Neidlinger 1989
* Candid (E) CCD79046 Cecil Taylor - Air 1990
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Archie Shepp, tenor sax #1-3,6; Cecil Taylor, piano; Buell Neidlinger, bass; Dennis Charles, drums; Nat Hentoff, supervisor.
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, October 13, 1960
| 1. | Air (take 21) | Mosaic MR6-127; Candid (E) CCD79046 |
| 2. | Air (take 28) | Candid CJM 8006 |
| 3. | Air (take 29) | Mosaic MR6-127 |
| 4. | Port Of Call (take 2) | Candid CJM 8006, (E) CCD79000 |
| 5. | Port Of Call (take 3) | Mosaic MR6-127; Candid (E) CCD79046 |
| 6. | Air (take 24) | Candid (E) CCD79046 |
* Candid CJM 8006, CJS 9006 The World Of Cecil Taylor 1961
= Barnaby Z 30562 The Cecil Taylor Quartet - Air 1971
= Candid (Eu) CS 9006 The World Of Cecil Taylor 1985
= Candid (E) CCD79006 - 1989
= Mosaic MR6-127, MD4-127 The Complete Candid Recordings Of Cecil Taylor And Buell Neidlinger 1989
* Candid (E) CCD79046 Cecil Taylor - Air 1990
* Candid (E) CCD79000 Various Artists - Candid Jazz 1988
1961
The Cecil Taylor Unit
Ted Curson, trumpet #1; Roswell Rudd, trombone #1; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Archie Shepp, tenor sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Henry Grimes, bass; Jimmy Murray, drums.
Webster Hall, NYC, October 10, 1961
| 1. 10540 | Mixed | Impulse! A-9, IA-9339/2, IMPD-270 |
| 2. 10541 | Pots | - |
| 3. 10542 | Bulbs | - |
* Impulse! A-9, AS-9 The Gil Evans Orchestra - Into The Hot 1962
= Impulse! 767 419 104-2 -
* Impulse! IA-9339/2 Cecil Taylor/Charles Tolliver/Grachan Moncur/Archie Shepp - The Dedication Series Vol. VIII: The New Breed 1978
* Impulse! IMPD-270 The Cecil Taylor Unit/Roswell Rudd Sextet - Mixed 1998
The Cecil Taylor Unit
Ted Curson, trumpet; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Archie Shepp, tenor sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Henry Grimes, bass; Jimmy Murray, drums.
Webster Hall, NYC, October 23, 1961
| 10548 | Mixed (remake) |
The Cecil Taylor Unit
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Archie Shepp, tenor sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Henry Grimes, bass; Jimmy Murray, drums.
Webster Hall, NYC, October 25, 1961
| 10549 | Pots (remake) | |
| 10550 | Bulbs (remake) |
1962
Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Sonny Murray, drums.
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 23, 1962
| Trance | Debut (D) DEB 138; Freedom (E) FLP 40106 | |
| Call | - | |
| Lena | Debut (D) DEB 138 | |
| D Trad, That's What (as That's What) | Debut (D) DEB 138; Freedom (E) FLP 40106 |
same session.
| What's New | Debut (D) DEB 148 | |
| Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1st variation) | - | |
| Lena (2nd variation) | - | |
| Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (2nd variation) | - |
same session.
| Call (alternate take) (2nd version) | Freedom (J) TKCB-70310; Black Lion (G) BLCD 760220; Freedom (J) TKCB-71261 | |
| Untitled Sample | Freedom (J) TKCB-70310, (J) TKCB-71261 |
* Debut (D) DEB 138 Cecil Taylor - Live At The Cafe Montmartre 1963
= Fantasy LP 6014, LP 86014 - 1964
= Fontana (Du) 688 602 ZL, 888 602 ZY Cecil Taylor At The Cafe Montmartre 1966
= Fontana (E) SFJL 928 Cecil Taylor - Live At The Cafe Montmartre 1969
= Black Lion (G) BLCD 760220 Cecil Taylor - Trance 1996
= Arista Freedom AL 1905 Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come 1976
= Freedom (J) TKCB-70310 Cecil Taylor - Live At The Cafe Montmartre 1994
= Freedom (J) TKCB-71261 - 1997
* Freedom (E) FLP 40106 Cecil Taylor - Innovations 1972
* Debut (D) DEB 148 Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come 1965
= Fontana (Du) 688 609 ZL - 1966
= Fontana (Du) 888 609 ZY -
= Fontana (E) SFJL 926 - 1969
= Freedom (E) FLP 40124 Cecil Taylor - What's New 1974
= Arista Freedom AL 1905 Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come 1976
= Freedom (J) TKCB-70310 Cecil Taylor - Live At The Cafe Montmartre 1994
= Freedom (J) TKCB-71261 - 1997
1965
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax #2; Cecil Taylor, piano; Henry Grimes, bass #2; Sunny Murray, drums.
NET television broadcast, USA: Music episode Jazz: The Experimenters, Village Gate, NYC, September 10, 1965
| 1. | Number One (as No. One) | Ozone 19 |
| 2. | Octagonal Skirt & Fancy Pants | - |
* Ozone 19 Charlie Mingus-Cecil Taylor - Rare Broadcast Performances 1970s
1966
Cecil Taylor Septet
Eddie Gale, trumpet #1,2,5; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax #1-3,5; Ken McIntyre, alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet #1-3,5; Cecil Taylor, piano, bells; Alan Silva, bass; Henry Grimes, bass #1-3,5; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 19, 1966
| 1. tk.1 | Enter Evening (Soft Line Structure) (alternate take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84237 2 |
| 2. 1735 tk.2 | Enter Evening (Soft Line Structure) | Blue Note BLP 4237 |
| 3. 1736 tk.7 | Steps | - |
| 4. 1737 tk.27/23/24/8/18 | Tales (8 Whips) | - |
| 5. 1738 tk.31/41/45/43 | Unit Structure / As Of A Now / Section | - |
* Blue Note BLP 4237, BST 84237 Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures 1966
= Blue Note CDP 7 84237 2 - 1987
Cecil Taylor Sextet
Bill Dixon, trumpet; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Henry Grimes, Alan Silva, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 6, 1966
| 1781 tk.2 | With (Exit) | Blue Note BLP 4260 |
| tk.6 | With (Exit) (alternate take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84260 2 |
| 1782 tk.10 | Conquistador | Blue Note BLP 4260 |
* Blue Note BLP 4260, BST 84260 Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! 1966
= Blue Note CDP 7 46535 2 - 1987
= Blue Note CDP 7 84260 2 - 1989
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Alan Silva, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
Paris, France, November 30, 1966
| Student Studies Part 1 | BYG (J) YX-4003/4 | |
| Student Studies Part 2 | - | |
| Amplitude | - | |
| Niggle Feuigle | - |
* BYG (J) YX-4003/4 Cecil Taylor 1973
= Affinity (E) AFFD 74 Cecil Taylor - Student Studies 1981
1968
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
live in Italy, July, 1968
| Praxis, Part I | Praxis (Greek) CM 104/105 | |
| Praxis, Part II | - | |
| Praxis, Part III | - | |
| Praxis, Part IV | - |
* Praxis (Greek) CM 104/105 Cecil Taylor - Praxis 1982
1969 (age 40)
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Sam Rivers, tenor, soprano sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-De-Vence, France, July 29, 1969
| Second Act Of A Vol. 1 Face A | Shandar (F) SR 10 011 | |
| Second Act Of A Vol. 1 Face B | - | |
| Second Act Of A Vol. II Face A | Shandar (F) 83 508 | |
| Second Act Of A Vol. II Face B | - | |
| Second Act Of A Vol. III Face A | Shandar (F) 83 509 | |
| Second Act Of A Vol. III Face B | - |
* Shandar (F) SR 10 011 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 1 1971
= Shandar (F) 83 507 - 1972
= Shandar (F) 83 507/83 508/83 509 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1972
= Prestige P-34003 The Great Concert Of Cecil Taylor 1977
* Shandar (F) 83 508 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 2 1972
= Shandar (F) 83 507/83 508/83 509 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1972
= Prestige P-34003 The Great Concert Of Cecil Taylor 1977
* Shandar (F) 83 509 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 3 1972
= Shandar (F) 83 507/83 508/83 509 Cecil Taylor - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1972
= Prestige P-34003 The Great Concert Of Cecil Taylor 1977
Cecil Taylor Quartet
same personnel.
De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, Holland, November 9, 1969
| Improvisation 1 | Jazz Connoisseur (Israeli) JC 111 | |
| Improvisation 2 | - |
* Jazz Connoisseur (Israeli) JC 111 Cecil Taylor Quartet - In Europe late 1970s
1973
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
Antioch Theatre, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 1st set, March 11, 1973
| Indent 1st Part | Unit Core unissued |
Cecil Taylor Solo
same personnel.
Antioch Theatre, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 2nd set, March 11, 1973
| Indent: First Layer | Unit Core 30555 | |
| Indent: Second Layer, Part One | - | |
| Indent: Second Layer, Part Two | - | |
| Indent: Third Layer | - |
* Unit Core 30555 Cecil Taylor Piano - Indent 1973
= Freedom (E) FLP 41038 Cecil Taylor - Indent 1977
= Arista Freedom AL 1038 -
Cecil Taylor Unit
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
Koseinenkin Dai-Hall, Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 1973
| Bulu Akisakila Kutala 1 | Trio (J) PA-3004/5 | |
| Bulu Akisakila Kutala 2 | - | |
| Bulu Akisakila Kutala 3 | - | |
| Bulu Akisakila Kutala 4 | - |
* Trio (J) PA-3004/5 Cecil Taylor Unit In Japan - Akisakila 1973
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
Iino Hall, Tokyo, Japan, May 29, 1973
| Lono: Choral Of Voice (Elesion) | Trio (J) PA-7067 | |
| Lono: Lono | - | |
| Lono: Asapk In Ame | - | |
| Indent: 1/2 Of First Layer | - | |
| Indent: 2nd 1/2 Of First Layer | - |
* Trio (J) PA-7067 Cecil Taylor - Solo 1973
= Venus (J) TKCZ-79029 - 1994
Cecil Taylor Unit
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax #2; Cecil Taylor, piano; Sirone Jones aka Norris Jones, bass #2; Andrew Cyrille, drums #2.
Town Hall, NYC, November 4, 1973
| 1. | Part 1: Spring Of Two Blue-J's | Unit Core 30551 |
| 2. | Part 2: Spring Of Two Blue-J's | - |
* Unit Core 30551 Cecil Taylor Unit - Spring Of Two Blue-J's 1974
1974
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 2, 1974
| Abyss (First Movement) / Petals And Filaments (Second Movement) / Jitney (Third Movement) | Freedom (E) FLP 40146 | |
| Crossing (Fourth Movement) Part One | - | |
| Crossing (Fourth Movement) Part Two | - | |
| After All (Fifth Movement) | - | |
| Jitney No. 2 | - | |
| After All No. 2 | - |
* Freedom (E) FLP 40146 Cecil Taylor - Recorded Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival - Silent Tongues 1975
= Freedom (E) FLP 41005 Cecil Taylor - Live At Montreux '74 - Silent Tongues 1975
= Arista Freedom AL 1005 -
1976
Cecil Taylor Unit
Raphe Malik, trumpet; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; David S. Ware, tenor sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; Marc Edwards, drums.
The 17th Yugoslavian Jazz Festival, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, June 18, 1976
| Streams | Enja (G) 2084 | |
| Chorus Of Seed | - |
* Enja (G) 2084 Cecil Taylor Unit - Dark To Themselves 1976
= Inner City IC 3001 - 1977
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
The Moosham Castle Open-Air Festival, Austria, August 20, 1976
| Air Above Mountains <Buildings Within> Part One | Enja (G) 3005 | |
| Air Above Mountains <Buildings Within> Part Two | - |
* Enja (G) 3005 Cecil Taylor - Air Above Mountains <Buildings Within> 1976
= Inner City IC 3021 - 1978
1978
Cecil Taylor Unit
Raphe Malik, trumpet; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Ramsey Ameen, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano; Sirone, bass; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums.
Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, April, 1978
| Idut | New World NW 201 | |
| Serdab | - | |
| Holiday En Masque | - |
same session.
| 3 Phasis: Side One | New World NW 303 | |
| 3 Phasis: Side Two | - |
* New World NW 201 Cecil Taylor Unit 1978
* New World NW 303 Cecil Taylor - 3 Phasis 1979
The New Cecil Taylor Unit
Raphe Malik, trumpet; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Ramsey Ameen, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano; Sirone, bass; Ron Jackson aka Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums.
SWF-Radio Jazz Concert, Kirchzarten/Black Forest, West Germany, June 3, 1978
| The Eel Pot | MPS (G) 0068.220 | |
| Sperichill On Calling | - |
* MPS (G) 0068.220 Cecil Taylor - Live In The Black Forest 1979
= MPS (G) 5C 064-62612; Pausa PR 7053 -
Cecil Taylor Unit
Raphe Malik, trumpet; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Ramsey Ameen, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano; Sirone, bass; Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums.
Mozart-Saal/Liederhalle, Stuttgart, West Germany, June 14, 1978
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side A | hat Hut (Swi) 3R02 | |
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side B | - | |
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side C | - | |
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side D | - | |
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side E | - | |
| One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye: Side F | - |
* hat Hut (Swi) 3R02 Cecil Taylor - One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye 1980
= hatART (Swi) 3011 - 1986
1980 (age 51)
Cecil Taylor Sextet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Ramsey Ameen, violin; Jerome Cooper, balafon, drums; Cecil Taylor, piano; Alan Silva, bass, cello; Sunny Murray, drums.
Fat Tuesday's, NYC, February 8 and 9, 1980
| It Is In The Brewing Luminous: Side A | hat Hut (Swi) 2R16 | |
| It Is In The Brewing Luminous: Side B | - | |
| It Is In The Brewing Luminous: Side C | - | |
| It Is In The Brewing Luminous: Side D | - |
* hat Hut (Swi) 2R16 Cecil Taylor - It Is In The Brewing Luminous 1981
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
MPS-Tonstudio, Villingen/Black Forest, West Germany, September 14, 1980
| T (Beautiful Young'n) | MPS (G) 0068.263 | |
| Astar | - | |
| Ensaslayi | - | |
| I (Sister Young'n) | - | |
| Corn In Sun + T (Moon) | - | |
| The Stele Stolen And Broken Is Reclaimed | - | |
| N + R (Love Is Friends) | - | |
| Rocks Sub Amba | - |
* MPS (G) 0068.263 Cecil Taylor - Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! 1981
= Pausa PR 7108 -
1981
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax; Cecil Taylor, piano; William Parker, bass; Rashid Bakr, drums.
live at 2nd Freiburger Jazztage, Freiburg, West Germany, November 8, 1981
| Calling It The 8th I (short) | hatMUSICS (Swi) 3508 | |
| Calling It The 8th II (short) | - | |
| Calling It The 9th (short) | - |
same session.
| Calling It The 8th I | hatART (Swi) 2036 | |
| Calling It The 8th II | - | |
| Calling It The 8th III | - | |
| Calling It The 9th | - |
* hatMUSICS (Swi) 3508 Cecil Taylor - Calling It The 8th 1983
* hatART (Swi) 2036 Cecil Taylor - The Eighth 1986
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
live at Jazz In Basel Concert, Basel, Switzerland, November 16, 1981
| Elell | hatART (Swi) 1993/94 | |
| Garden II | - | |
| Garden I / Stepping On Stars | - | |
| Introduction To Z | - | |
| Driver Says | - | |
| Pemmican | - | |
| Points | - |
* hatART (Swi) 1993/94 Cecil Taylor - Garden 1982
1984
Cecil Taylor Segments II
Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stanko, trumpet, voice; Karen Borca, bassoon, voice; Jimmy Lyons, alto sax, voice; John Tchicai, tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice; Frank Wright, tenor sax, voice; Gunter Hampel, baritone sax, bass clarinet, voice; Cecil Taylor, piano, voice; William Parker, bass, voice; Andre Martinez, drums, percussion, voice; Rashied Bakr, drums, voice.
Studio 7, Milan, Italy, October 22-24, 1984
| Taht | Soul Note (It) SN 1089 | |
| Womb Waters Scent Of The Burning Armadillo Shell | - | |
| Cun-Un-Un-Un-An | - | |
| Winged Serpent | - |
* Soul Note (It) SN 1089 Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra Of Two Continents) - Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) 1985
1985
Cecil Taylor At One Night With Blue Note
Cecil Taylor, piano.
Town Hall, NYC, February 22, 1985
| Pontos Cantados: Point1/Klook At The Top Of The Staivs / Point2/Question | Blue Note BT 85114, BTDK 85117 |
* Blue Note BT 85114, CDP 7 46148 2 Various Artists - One Night With Blue Note Volume 2 1985
* Blue Note BTDK 85117 Various Artists - One Night With Blue Note, Preserved 1985
1986
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, piano.
Workshop Freie Music 1986, Academy Of Arts, Berlin, West Germany, April 9, 1986
| Olim | Soul Note (It) SN 1150 | |
| Glossalalia - Part Four | - | |
| Mirror And Water Gazing | - | |
| Living - Dedicated To Julian Beck | - | |
| For The Death | - | |
| For The Rabbit | - | |
| For The Water Dog | - | |
| The Question | - |
* Soul Note (It) SN 1150 Cecil Taylor - For Olim 1987
1987
The Cecil Taylor Unit
Carlos Ward, reeds; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano; William Parker, bass; Thurman Barker, drums, marimba, percussion.
live in Bologna, Italy, November 3, 1987
| Part 1 | Leo Records (E) LR 404/405 | |
| Part 2 | - | |
| Part 3 | - | |
| Part 4 | - |
* Leo Records (E) LR 404/405 The Cecil Taylor Unit - Live In Bologna 1988
The Cecil Taylor Unit
Carlos Ward, reeds; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano, poetry reading; William Parker, bass; Thurman Barker, drums, marimba, voice.
live in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 1987
| Side A | Leo Records (E) LR 408/409 | |
| Side B | - | |
| Side C | - | |
| Side D | - |
* Leo Records (E) LR 408/409 The Cecil Taylor Unit - Live In Vienna 1988
Cecil Taylor Unit
Carlos Ward, reeds; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Cecil Taylor, piano, poetry reading; William Parker, bass; Thurman Barker, drums, marimba.
New Morning, Paris, France, November 13, 1987
| Side A | Leo Records (E) LR 162 | |
| Side B | - |
* Leo Records (E) LR 162 Cecil Taylor - Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil
Cecil Taylor Solo
Cecil Taylor, poetry reading, voice, tympani, bells, small percussion.
Doodlehums Studios, London, England, November 16 and 17, 1987
| Side A | Leo Records (E) LR 153 | |
| Side B | - |
* Leo Records (E) LR 153 Cecil Taylor - Chinampas
1989 (age 60)
Cecil Taylor Trio
Cecil Taylor, piano, voice; William Parker, bass; Gregg Bendian, percussion.
RCA Studios, NYC, June 8, 1989
| J. | A&M SP-5286 | |
| Pethro Visiting The Abyss | - | |
| Saita | - | |
| For Steve McCall | - | |
| In Florescence | - | |
| Ell Moving Track | - | |
| Sirenes 1/3 | - | |
| Anast In Crisis Mouthful Of Fresh Cut Flowers | - | |
| Leaf Taken Horn | - |
Cecil Taylor, piano, voice #1,2,4,5, prepared piano #3; William Parker, bass #1,2,4,5, voice, percussion #3; Gregg Bendian, percussion #1,2,4,5, voice #3.
| 1. | Entity | - |
| 2. | Charles And Thee | - |
| 3. | Chal Chuiatlichue Goddess Of Green Flowing Waters | - |
| 4. | Morning Of Departure | - |
| 5. | Feng Shui | - |
* A&M SP-5286, CD 5286 Cecil Taylor - In Florescence 1990
2008 (age 79)
Cecil Taylor - Tony Oxley Duo
Cecil Taylor, piano; Tony Oxley, drums.
Village Vanguard, NYC, November 6 and 9, 2008
| Ailanthus: Untitled A | Triple Point Records 037 | |
| Ailanthus: Untitled B1 | - | |
| Ailanthus: Untitled B2 | - | |
| Altissima: Untitled C1 | - | |
| Altissima: Untitled C2 | - | |
| Altissima: Untitled D1 | - | |
| Altissima: Untitled D2 | - |
* Triple Point Records 037 Cecil Taylor And Tony Oxley - Ailanthus / Altissima - Bilateral Dimensions Of 2 Root Songs 2010