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It’s not as if we’d never had fair warning,
hadn’t felt the rumble from down deep,
the anxious weather massing
somewhere far away, the menace
of those few fat drops, the rising growl
of wind among the empty branches,
June 27th, 2026
Day six
and the dissonance
of my pneumonia
has become as percussive
as Cecil Taylor’s piano.
April 16th, 2025
Philip Freeman discusses Cecil Taylor – the most eminent free jazz musician of his era, whose music marked the farthest boundary of avant-garde jazz.
...February 27th, 2025
In anticipation of my soon-to-be-published interview with Philip Freeman, who authored the first full-length biography of Cecil Taylor, In the Brewing Luminous, the author has provided readers the opportunity to read his book’s introduction.
...February 7th, 2025
An abstract poetic view of an abstract jazz recording…
...May 10th, 2023
The poet writes about the complexity of pianist Cecil Taylor’s music, and the liberation he feels from listening to it
...January 22nd, 2023
As if the stars contained wood ticks
on fire. As if there were forests within
forests. Trees within stones. Stones
folded over into water.
The most secret nocturnal animals
walk around during the day, unseen.
September 11th, 2022
In this edition of photographs and stories from Mr. Oakland’s book, Thelonious Monk, Paul Bley and Cecil Taylor are featured.
...October 17th, 2020
In 2003, as part of the Jerry Jazz Musician “Conversations with Gary Giddins” series, I was fortunate to interview Giddins — his generation’s most esteemed jazz writer — about Cecil Taylor, who died earlier today at age 89. It is an excellent read for anyone with an interest in Cecil (or Gary). You can access it by
...April 6th, 2018
Village Voice writer Gary Giddins, who was prominently featured in Ken Burns’ documentary Jazz, and who is the countrys preeminent jazz critic, joins us in a March 13, 2003 conversation about pianist Cecil Taylor.
...March 13th, 2003
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The Sunday Poem: “Interplay,” by Bob Hecht
The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work...
Bob Hecht reads his poem at its conclusion.
Click here to read previous editions of The Sunday Poem
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