Historic Concerts

Historic Concerts is a live album by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979 and released on the Soul Note label in 1984. Despite the inaccurate plural title, the entire album is just one single show. The album features solo and duet performances by Taylor and Roach and the later CD reissue adds interviews recorded after the concert.

Historic Concerts
Live album by
Cecil Taylor & Max Roach
Released1984
RecordedDecember 15, 1979
GenreFree jazz
Length106:38
LabelSoul Note
Cecil Taylor chronology
One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
(1978)		 Historic Concerts
(1984)		 It is in the Brewing Luminous
(1980)
Max Roach chronology
Pictures in a Frame
(1979)		 Historic Concerts
(1979)		 Chattahoochee Red
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The passionate music is quite atonal but coherent, with Taylor displaying an impressive amount of energy and the two masters (who had not rehearsed or ever played together before) communicating pretty well".[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach.
  1. "Presentation" - 1:06
  2. "Drums Solo" - 5:02
  3. "Piano Solo" - 5:04
  4. "Duets, Part 1" - 40:04
  5. "Duets, Part 2" - 38:32
  6. "Interviews, Part 1" - 9:36
  7. "Interviews, Part 2" - 7:14
  • Recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979

Personnel
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References
  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 15 July 2009
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