Reissue, Stereo, The Francis Wolff Collection

Deluxe Gatefold sleeve, 180-gram pure virgin vinyl LP in Gatefold packaging, images by iconic jazz photographer Francis Wolf, 5 stars all music guide

"The World of Cecil Taylor" was the pianist’s first LP for the short-lived Candid label. Cecil Taylor’s work for the label took place during the first years of his career as a leader.At the time he taped The World of Cecil Taylor, he had only recorded four albums: Jazz Advance (1956), Looking Ahead! (1958), Hard Driving Jazz (1958) with John Coltrane, and Love for Sale (1959). Some of the numbers the pianist chose to release were improvised one-takes, while others were tried various times. The most notable case is that of “Air”, for which 29 takes were needed in order to produce the master take approved by Taylor.

PERSONNEL:
CECIL TAYLOR, piano
ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax (on “Air” and “Lazy Afternoon” only)
BUELL NEIDLINGER, bass
DENNIS CHARLES, drums
New York, October 12 (A2 & B1-B2) & October 13 (A1, A3), 1960.

SIDE A:
01 AIR
02 THIS NEARLY WAS MINE
03 PORT OF CALL

SIDE B:
01 E.B.
02 LAZY AFTERNOONL

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About - The Francis Wolff Collection

This new Jazz Images collection presents some of the best jazz albums ever in 56 LPs and 18 2CD Sets with Wolff’s wonderful and, in most cases, rarely seen pictures. Most of the photographs featured in this collection have never appeared before on any album.