Nailed (Cecil Taylor album)

Nailed is a live album by Cecil Taylor, Evan Parker, Barry Guy and Tony Oxley recorded on September 26, 1990 at the Bechstein Concert Hall in Berlin and released on the FMP label.

Nailed
Live album by Cecil Taylor
Released	2000
Recorded	September 26, 1990
Genre	Free jazz
Length	78:08
Label	FMP
Producer	Jost Gebers
Cecil Taylor chronology
Double Holy House (1990) Nailed (2000) Melancholy (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is a group who insists on being individuals in a collective setting and, therefore, the listening level is so high — so as not to miss any gauntlet laid down — the attention to execution and imagination can't help but be top-notch. So, in essence, this is a super-session, but not one in the usual sense. It is among the finest of all the recordings released under Taylor's name from either of his Berlin periods, and, for the others, it charts with their best playing anywhere. This is group improvisation at its angriest, freest, and truest".[2]

Track listing

Compositions by Cecil Taylor.

1. "First" - 52:20
2. "Last" - 25:48

• Recorded at the Bechstein Concert Hall, Berlin on September 26, 1990

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Barry Guy: double bass
• Tony Oxley: drums
• Evan Parker: tenor saxophone (track 1), soprano saxophone (track 2)

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 21 July 2009