Jitney No. 2

Cecil Taylor · 1974 · Bis (4:11)

Context

Piece recorded solo by Cecil Taylor at the Montreux Jazz Festival on 2 July 1974, then released in 1975 by the Freedom label on the album Silent Tongues. This 4 min 11 piece is one of the two encores that complete the five movements of the work, according to the structure described by the page.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Silent Tongues: Abyss / Petals and Filaments / Jitney (1974)
• Silent Tongues: Crossing, Part 1 (1974)
• Silent Tongues: After All (1974)
• Steps (1966)
• Enter, Evening (1966)
• Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section (1966)

Sources

• EN: Silent Tongues

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