Joëlle Léandre Rocks On, Freely
You ask, ‘Why’?” says Joëlle Léandre, 71, when asked about recording somewhere between 140 and 200 albums since 1981, with three times as many gigs … Read More “Joëlle Léandre Rocks On, Freely”
2. Cecil Taylor The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at the Town Hall NYC, November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
“Autumn/Parade,” a previously unreleased 88-minute Taylor quartet performance, would be thrilling enough on its own. But it also happens to be just part of a legendary concert in the free-jazz great’s career—his triumphant return to New York after years in Europe and the Midwest. Only a third of that performance has ever been issued before (and that third is quite rare), making the sublimely remastered Return Concert a monumental affair. MICHAEL J. WEST
