3 Phasis

{{Infobox album|

| name = 3 Phasis

| type = album

| artist = Cecil Taylor

| cover = 3 Phasis.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded = April 1978

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Free jazz

| length = 57:12

| label = New World

| producer =

| prev_title = Cecil Taylor Unit

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Live in the Black Forest

| next_year = 1978

}}

3 Phasis is an album by Cecil Taylor, recorded in April 1978 and released on the New World label. The album features three performances by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, and Ronald Shannon Jackson. The album was recorded during the same sessions that produced the Cecil Taylor Unit.[http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80303 New World Records album details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123154/http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80303 |date=2010-11-04 }} accessed 15 July 2009

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r148608 AllMusic Review]

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 190

}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1381}}

}}

The New York Times wrote that the album "is an essential recording because, like all great jazzmen, Mr. Taylor reiterates his blues roots on the second side with a rent-party vamp that inspires Jimmy Lyons and the ensemble to a powerhouse celebration of New Orleans in a new context."{{cite news |last1=Crouch |first1=Stanley |title=Cecil Taylor's Pianistic Fireworks |work=The New York Times |date=8 June 1980 |page=A20}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

"3 Phasis" – 57:12
* Recorded in April 1978

Personnel

References

Category:Cecil Taylor albums

Category:1978 albums

Category:New World Records albums