Check Up! with Tom Burris - New Episode Tonight!

If you're passing through the Indianapolis area tonight (5/29) at 7 p.m. be sure to check in on Check Up! with Free Jazz Blog's Tom Burris on 99.1 WQRT.

The 3rd edition of Check Up! will be a tribute to the memory of Cecil Taylor. All Cecil, all two hours.

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Playlist for Show #3: Cecil Taylor (1929 - 2018)

“Spring of Two Blue-J's, Side A” from Spring of Two Blue-J's (Unit Core, 1974)

Cecil Taylor – piano
TIME: 16:19

“Student Studies, Part 1” from Great Paris Concert or Student Studies (BYG, rec. 1966)

Cecil Taylor – piano
Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
Alan Silva – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums
TIME: 15:57

“Streams” from Dark to Themselves (Inner City, 1977)

Cecil Taylor – piano
Raphe Malik – trumpet
Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
David S. Ware – tenor saxophone
Marc Edwards – drums
TIME: 23:00

“Second Act of A (Part 6)” from The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (Prestige, rec. 1969)

Cecil Taylor – piano
Sam Rivers – soprano and tenor saxophones
Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
Andrew Cyrille – drums
TIME: 20:38

“One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye, Side C” from One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye (hat Hut Records, rec. 1978, rel. 1980)

Cecil Taylor – piano
Jimmy Lyons – also saxophone
Raphe Malik – trumpet
Ramsey Ameen – violin
Sirone – bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
TIME: 22:00

“Jitney No. 2” from Silent Tongues (Arista/Freedom, 1975)

Cecil Taylor – piano
TIME: 3:25

“After All No. 2” from Silent Tongues (Arista/Freedom, 1975)

Cecil Taylor – piano
TIME: 2:30