Cecil Taylor: Piano Solo

"I work with those forces that create the music, yet I don't have much to do with it," said the late Cecil Taylor in an interview in 2000. "The more you do it – trying to find the magic – you have much less ego, and you genuflect to the magic." There's certainly magic in the air during this astonishing hour-long live set from the 1984 Munich Klaviersommer: a pair of stupendous solo improvisations from the pianist who redefined free jazz. Sometimes controversial, but never predictable, Taylor is here being his unfiltered self – a master at the top of his game.