Herb Snitzer in New York - 1960
from Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir, pages 21-22:
The September 1960 issue of [jazz magazine] Metronome featured a half-page photograph of mine of a really far-out pianist by the name of Cecil Taylor. Cecil hit notes that just didn't sound right. Over the years, of course, it turned out Cecil was right and everyone else wrong. But his early music confused people because he hit notes no one ever touched before. He would do it with his elbow, and everyone would say, "He's just hamming it up." But though they were the right keys, they would sound dissident and strange. It was like what happened with the classical musicians who were breaking away… more >>
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Herb Snitzer, Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir (City of Jackson, 2011), p. 21-22. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1428142072918 accessed: 11 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersjazz piano music | performed by Cecil Taylor |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1960 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:07:53 +0100
Approved on Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:39:05 +0100