Cecil Taylor has long been a favorite of many top jazz critics while confounding some jazz fans with his often dissonant attack on piano. Yet this 1980 solo piano studio session may be one of his hidden gems, a suite of eight originals that give a better indication of his vast musical knowledge and ability to blend many styles within a single composition. Taylor is very accessible in each of these compositions, drawing from 20th century classical influences in addition to blending bop, avant-garde, brief snippets of boogie and more, creating dramatic pieces that could only be his own. This is easily one of Cecil Taylor's most rewarding record dates, a virtuoso effort that ought to be a starting point for new jazz fans unfamiliar with his work. This 2012 Promising Music reissue remixed the tapes to bring out better sound, while original producer Joachim Ernst Berendt's liner notes are complemented with essays by pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach and notes by reissue label owner Consul Bodo Jacoby. - Ken Dryden
En Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! encontramos a Cecil Taylor en una grabación a piano solo registrada en 1980 que como suele ser habitual en sus grabaciones a solo, nos muestra a Cecil dialogando – discutiendo – argumentando acaloradamente con Taylor. El resultado es una música física de un pianista que tiene dentro de sí a gran parte de la historia del jazz, cuya energía es capaz de traspasar el envoltorio, la frontera, que supone una grabación. - tomajazz.com
Tracks
01. T (Beautiful Young’n)
02. Astar
03. Ensaslayi!
04. I (Sister Young’n)
05. Corn In Sun + T (Moon)
06. The Stele Stolen And Broken Is Reclaimed
07. N + R (Love Is Friends)
08. Rocks Sub Amba
CECIL TAYLOR solo piano
All music composed by Cecil Taylor
Recorded September 14, 1980 at the MPS-Studio in Villingen/Black Forest, Germany
Promising Music, MPS Records 441172 CD (Germany)