Historic Concerts


Historic Concerts is a live album by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979 and released on the Soul Note label in 1984. Despite the inaccurate plural title, the entire album is just one single show. The album features solo and duet performances by Taylor and Roach and the later CD reissue adds interviews recorded after the concert.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The passionate music is quite atonal but coherent, with Taylor displaying an impressive amount of energy and the two masters communicating pretty well".

Track listing

  1. "Presentation" - 1:06
  2. "Drums Solo" - 5:02
  3. "Piano Solo" - 5:04
  4. "Duets, Part 1" - 40:04
  5. "Duets, Part 2" - 38:32
  6. "Interviews, Part 1" - 9:36
  7. "Interviews, Part 2" - 7:14

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