The Eighth (album)

The Eighth is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at 2nd Freiburger Jazztage in Freiburg, Germany on November 8, 1981 and released on the Hat Hut label. The album features performances by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, William Parker and Rashid Bakr. The album was originally released as an LP titled Calling it the Eighth in 1986 then rereleased as on CD featuring unedited performances in 1989 and remastered in 2004.[3]

The Eighth
Live album by
Cecil Taylor
Released1986
RecordedNovember 8, 1981
GenreFree jazz
LabelHat Hut
Cecil Taylor chronology
Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
(1980)		 The Eighth
(1986)		 Garden
(1981)
Original LP Cover
2004 CD Reissue Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Chris May states ""Calling It The 8th" is a 59-minute double-fisted, elbows-on-the-keyboard, off-the-gauge hurricane of passion, counter-rhythm and chromaticism. Its ten-minute reprise, "Calling It The 9th," achieves the same level of overwhelming intensity. But if you can surrender yourself to the onslaught and stay the course, you'll emerge invigorated and uplifted, bloody but stronger. It's a prize worth fighting for".[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Calling It the 8th" - 58:10
  2. "Calling It the 9th" - 10:50
  • Recorded in Freiburg Germany on November 8, 1981

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 190. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Cecil Taylor Sessionography accessed 16 July 2009.
  4. May, C. The Eighth Review, All About Jazz, October 3, 2006
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