Unit Structures
by Cecil Taylor
- Type: Album
- Released: 1966
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 46:15
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille, Jimmy Lyons, Eddie Gale, Ken McIntyre, Henry Grimes
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A landmark recording of the jazz avant-garde, 'Unit Structures' is a ferocious onslaught of 'energy music' guided by a formidable intellect. Pianist Cecil Taylor treats the ensemble as a single percussive unit, creating dense blocks of sound and texture that abandon conventional melody and harmony. This album, his first for Blue Note, codified a new musical language built on energy, gesture, and rapid-fire group interaction, and it remains a foundational text for a generation of free jazz players.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, piano, atonal, experimental, complex
Tracklist
- Steps (10:18)
- Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) (11:03)
- Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section (17:44)
- Tales (8 Whisps) (7:10)
Credits
- Cecil Taylor - primary artist, piano, bells, written-by, liner notes
- Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
- Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone, oboe, bass clarinet
- Alan Silva - bass
- Henry Grimes - bass
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Andrew Cyrille - drums
- Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by]
- Eddie Gale - trumpet