Mixed (album)


Mixed is a compilation album of two avant-garde jazz sessions featuring performances by the Cecil Taylor Unit and the Roswell Rudd Sextet. The album was released on the Impulse! label in 1998 and collects three performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes and Sunny Murray with Ted Curson and Roswell Rudd added on one track which were originally released under Gil Evans' name on Into the Hot. The remaining tracks feature Rudd with Giuseppi Logan, Lewis Worrell, Charlie Haden, Beaver Harris and Robin Kenyatta and were originally released as Everywhere. Essentially these are the three Cecil Taylor tracks form the "Gil Evans album" teamed with Roswell Rudd's Impulse album Everywhere, in its entirety.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Although not Roswell Rudd's greatest album, there are enough fascinating ensembles on this set for it to nearly hold its own with Cecil Taylor's more essential session".

Track listing

  1. "Bulbs" – 6:49
  2. "Pots" – 5:44
  3. "Mixed" – 10:08
  4. "Everywhere" – 11:32
  5. "Yankee No-How" – 12:03
  6. "Respects" – 11:39
  7. "Satan's Dance" – 12:01

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