Embraced

Cecil Taylor, Mary Lou Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pablo
• ASIN: B000000XNK
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,340 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #74 in Music > Jazz > Traditional Jazz & Ragtime > Stride Piano

Track Listings

1. Lord Is Heavy (A Spiritual)

2. Fandangle (Ragtime)

3. The Blues Never Left Me

4. K. C. 12th Street (Kansas City Swing)

5. Good Ole Boogie

6. Basic Chords (Bop Changes on the Blues)

7. Ayizan

8. Chorus Sud

9. Back to the Blues

10. I Can't Get Started

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, February 2, 2010

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Lady G "makeda-j" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Embraced (Audio CD)

Ayizan is a beautiful piece of music. Each pianist expands and is pushed by the other. Mary Lou is much lighter than usual...gone is the heavy left hand for which she is known and later in tune Taylor sounds as pretty as she does. A meeting of brilliant minds willing to be open enough to forgo labels and just meet each other as two innovative artists.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars More like Mary Lou Williams Versus Cecil Taylor, October 28, 2002

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"craigzz" (Lancaster, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embraced (Audio CD)

If this wasn't a live album and you could use the balance knob to completely isolate the two pianists, you might have a couple of pretty good solo albums here. Listening to them together, though, it's a complete mess, with neither player compromising his or her respective style a whit. I can understand CT's approach, because his entire career has been based on listening to the other musicians and responding in his own unique language. However, for Williams to go on playing her standard history of jazz program without making the slightest attempt to acknowledge Taylor's contribution in her playing is utterly absurd. Give it a miss.

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible, August 31, 1998

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[e-mail] (exeter, england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embraced (Audio CD)

forget the hype this album should ONLY be listened to by hearing each artist - individually. this cd is like putting 3 tablespoons of salt in your tea. HORRIBLE! i greatly admire these artists' work - individually though! together its schizaphrenia!!!!!!!!!!!!