Always a Pleasure, by CECIL TAYLOR ENSEMBLE

Always a Pleasure

by CECIL TAYLOR ENSEMBLE

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	1.	First Pleasure 32:56
	2.	Second Pleasure 05:00
	3.	Third Pleasure 30:41
	4.	Fourth Pleasure 07:51

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Composed by Cecil Taylor.

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released March 19, 1996

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"'Always A Pleasure' must stand as one of his most satisfying dates (recorded live) with a sympathetic ensemble..." -- Cadence

"...exceptional on several counts.... The four-part suite sounds like an updating of Taylor’s Blue Note recordings from the ‘60s, with the leader ecstatically zigzagging between pensive and restrained lyricism and gut-busting catharsis." -- The Boston Phoenix

"This is easily the best large-unit Taylor record of the '90s." -- Thom Jurek, AMG

Cecil Taylor Ensemble
Cecil Taylor: piano
Longineu Parsons: trumpet
Harri Sjöström: soprano saxophone
Charles Gayle: tenor saxophone
Tristan Honsinger: cello
Sirone: double bass
Rashid Bakr: drums

Recorded live by Holger Scheuermann & Jost Gebers on April 8th,1993, during the Workshop Freie Musik at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

Mixed and mastered by Jonas Bergler.
Produced by Jost Gebers.

Booklet design/layout: Jost Gebers.
Photos: Dagmar Gebers.

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