Cecil Taylor Quartet – Looking Ahead! (1959)

Contemporary – M3562Rec. Date : June 9, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Cecil TaylorBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Dennis CharlesVibra-harp : Earl Griffith   Billboard : 11/23/1959 The Cecil Taylor Quartet has a six-track set that swings all the way. Taylor’s style is his own, and the interplay he achieves with vibra-harpist Earl Griffith on

Gil Evans Orchestra – Into The Hot (1962)

Impulse! – A-9Rec. Date : September 14, 1961, October 6, 1961, October 10, 1961, October 31, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Composer/Arranger : John Carisi, Cecil TaylorAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil Woods, Jimmy LyonsBass : Milt Hinton, Art Davis, Henry GrimesDrums : Osie Johnson, Jimmy MurrayFrench Horn : Jim BuffingtonGuitar : Barry GalbraithPiano : Eddie Costa, Cecil TaylorTenor Sax : Archie SheppTrombone : Urbie Green, Bob Brookmeyer, Roswell RuddTrumpet