Cecil Taylor alone at the piano (video)

Cecil Taylor turns 83 today (or on the 25th, depending on your sources), and I was made aware of the this wonderful video of Cecil improvising alone at the piano by he guys at Destination: Out, and so I felt the urge to post it here on the blog as well.

Regular posting will resume sometime next week, with notes on the new Darius Jones Quartet, Mary Halvorson Quintet, Ro Sham Beaux, Devin Gray and more.

The Summer of Oh Nine

Now that the annual Øya hoolabaloo is upon us, and since I've written very litle since Molde Jazz, I thought a quick Music of the Weeks (yes, plural), or rather summer, would be apropriate. A separate Øya review may or may not appear later.

• Cecil Taylor - solo piano live @ Molde Jazz, 15/07/09
• Frode Gjerstad (saxophone) & Han Bennik (drums) - live @ Molde Jazz, 16/07/09
• Leonard Cohen - live @ Molde Jazz, 17/07/09 + Live In London (Sony)
• Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet - live @ molde Jazz, 17/07/09
• New York Dolls - live @ Rockefeler Music Hall, Oslo

• Dj Quik & Kurupt: Blaqkout (Mad Science)
• Quartet Offensive: Carnivore (self released)
• Pissed Jeans: King of Jeans (Sub Pop)
• White Denim: "I Start to Run" (Fits, Full Time Hobby)
• An Horse: "Postcards" (Rearrange Beds, Mom & Pop Music)