For the second of
Cecil Taylor's two Blue Note albums (following
Unit Structures), the innovative pianist utilized a sextet comprised of trumpeter
Bill Dixon, altoist
Jimmy Lyons, both
Henry Grimes and
Alan Silva on basses and drummer
Andrew Cyrille. During the two lengthy pieces,
Lyons' passionate solos contrast with
Dixon's quieter ruminations while the music in general is unremittingly intense. Both of the
Taylor Blue Notes are quite historic and near-classics but, despite this important documentation,
Cecil Taylor (other than a pair of Paris concerts) would not appear on records again until 1973. ~ Scott Yanow