Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come

Originally recorded in late 1962 at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen, this legendary live date captures the Cecil Taylor Trio radically dismantling the rhythmic and harmonic structures of jazz. Backed by alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Sunny Murray, Taylor's staggeringly dense, highly percussive piano clusters push free improvisation into entirely unprecedented, atonal territory. The beautifully restored Revenant Records reissue cemented its status as one of the most conceptually advanced live recordings of the avant-garde movement.