Conquistador!

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Conquistador! is a 1966 avant-garde jazz album by pianist Cecil Taylor, renowned for its intense, free-form improvisation and innovative approach to ensemble interaction.

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instanceOf album ⓘ
avant-garde jazz album ⓘ
artist Cecil Taylor ⓘ
associatedWithMovement New Thing in jazz ⓘ
composer Cecil Taylor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed by jazz critics ⓘ
engineer Rudy Van Gelder ⓘ
era 1960s jazz ⓘ
follows Unit Structures ⓘ
format LP record ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
hasCoverArt Conquistador! (Cecil Taylor album cover) ⓘ
linked to: Conquistador!
hasSubgenreCharacteristic collective improvisation ⓘ
extended forms ⓘ
hasTrack Conquistador ⓘ
With (Exit) ⓘ
influencedGenre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free improvisation ⓘ
instrumentation alto saxophone ⓘ
cello ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Blue Note BST 84260 ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 40 minutes ⓘ
notableFor complex rhythmic structures ⓘ
dense harmonic textures ⓘ
innovative ensemble interaction ⓘ
intense free-form improvisation ⓘ
numberOfTracks 2 ⓘ
partOf Cecil Taylor discography ⓘ
performer Alan Silva ⓘ
Andrew Cyrille ⓘ
Bill Dixon ⓘ
Cecil Taylor ⓘ
Henry Grimes ⓘ
Jimmy Lyons ⓘ
producer Alfred Lion ⓘ
recorded 1966 ⓘ
recordedAt Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
recordedIn Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966 ⓘ

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Cecil Taylor → notableWork → Conquistador! ⓘ
Conquistador! → hasCoverArt → Conquistador! (Cecil Taylor album cover) ⓘ
linked to: Conquistador!