Unit Structures

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Unit Structures is a groundbreaking 1966 avant-garde jazz album by pianist Cecil Taylor, renowned for its dense, complex improvisations and pioneering role in free jazz.

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instanceOf album ⓘ
avant-garde jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Cecil Taylor ⓘ
composer Cecil Taylor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtDesigner Reid Miles ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
engineer Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
featuresInstrument alto saxophone ⓘ
bass ⓘ
bass clarinet ⓘ
drums ⓘ
oboe ⓘ
piano ⓘ
featuresMusician Alan Silva ⓘ
Andrew Cyrille ⓘ
Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Henry Grimes ⓘ
Jimmy Lyons ⓘ
Ken McIntyre ⓘ
followedBy Conquistador! ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
hasFormat compact disc ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
hasTrack Enter, Evening ⓘ
Steps ⓘ
Tales (8 Whisps) ⓘ
Unit Structure ⓘ
includedIn essential avant-garde jazz recordings lists ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Blue Note BLP 4237 ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length 46:54 ⓘ
notableFor dense complex improvisations ⓘ
pioneering role in free jazz ⓘ
performer Cecil Taylor ⓘ
precededBy Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come ⓘ
linked to: Nefertiti
producer Alfred Lion ⓘ
recordedAt Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
recordingLocation Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-10-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
trackCount 4 ⓘ

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