FIRST VISIT ARCHIVE OFFERS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS OF HISTORIC AND MUSICAL IMPORTANCE When, in this music, he succeeds in fusing the emotional (translated into its lyrical and dramatic qualities) pas- sage of ritual with the complex architecture of his ensemble’s infrastructural procedures, we have a bridge into Cecil Taylor’s creative spirit, and far beyond. (Art Lange) Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone Ramsey Ameen - violin Cecil Taylor - piano Alan Silva double - bass & cello Jerome Cooper - drums & african balaphone Sunny Murray - drums

Program

1. February 9, 1980 I 24:06 2. February 9, 1980 II 20:43 3. February 9, 1980 III 21:17