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In Florescence

{{Infobox album

| name = In Florescence

| type = Album

| artist = Cecil Taylor

| cover = In Florescence.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1990

| recorded = June 8, 1989

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| studio =

| genre = Free jazz

| length =

| label = A&M

| producer =

| chronology = Cecil Taylor

| prev_title = Leaf Palm Hand

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Looking (Berlin Version) Solo

| next_year = 1990

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-florescence-mw0000204199|title=In Florescence - Cecil Taylor | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=59}}

|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = A−{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/04/13/florescence/|title=In Florescence|website=EW.com}}

|rev4 = Los Angeles Times

|rev4score = {{rating|3|4}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-01-ca-806-story.html|title=ALBUM REVIEWS : *** CECIL TAYLOR "In Florescence" A&M;|date=July 1, 1990|website=Los Angeles Times}}

|rev5 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP, and Cassette

|rev5score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP, and Cassette |date=1992 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=1038}}

|rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=693}}

| rev7 = Select

| rev7Score = {{rating|2|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{Cite magazine |last=Hadsley |first=Neville|date=October 1990 |title=Cecil Taylor: In Florescence |magazine=Select |issue=4 |page=118}}

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In Florescence is an album by the pianist Cecil Taylor, released in 1990 via A&M Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-04-22-9002020947-story.html|title=TAYLOR MADE|first=John|last=Litweiler|website=chicagotribune.com}}{{cite news |last1=Levesque |first1=Roger |title=Thunder and lightning from a master of improvisation |work=Edmonton Journal |date=27 May 1990 |page=D6}} It was recorded in New York City on June 8, 1989, and contains performances by Taylor, Gregg Bendian and William Parker.[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mtaylors.html Cecil Taylor sessionography] accessed 3 September 2009 It was Taylor's first major label recording in more than 10 years.

Production

Some tracks incorporate poetry and chanting on top of the instrumentation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1990-03-30-2723636-story.html|title=POST-MODERNIST CECIL TAYLOR BRINGS SOUND AND FURY TO PIANO|first=TIM|last=BLANGGER|website=mcall.com}}

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times called the album "a rolling, often riotous string of short works that have all the usual Taylorisms—pounding exchanges between right and left hands, splashy ascensions and repeated figures charged with dissonance—but also holds surprising moments of lyricism and quiet beauty." Entertainment Weekly thought that "the bass and drums of William Parker and Greg Bendian are models of reflexive interaction."

The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "the listener enters a rarefied zone of elusive beauty; this is dense, compelling music." Gary Giddins, in The Village Voice, declared that he "can not abide" Taylor's vocal interjections on In Florescence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2002/03/12/our-chopin/|title=Our Chopin|date=March 12, 2002|website=The Village Voice}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Cecil Taylor except as indicated.

  1. "J." - 2:52
  2. "Pethro Visiting the Abyss" - 7:08
  3. "Saita" - 3:00
  4. "For Steve McCall" (Gergg Bendian) 1:00
  5. "In Florescence" - 3:02
  6. "Ell Moving Track" - 5:15
  7. "Sirenes 1/3" - 0:48
  8. "Anast in Crisis Mouthful of Fresh Cut Flowers" (William Parker) - 3:37
  9. "Charles And Thee" - 8:00
  10. "Entity" (Bendian) - 2:32
  11. "Leaf Taken Horn" - 4:53
  12. "Chal Chuiatlichue Goddess of Green Flowing Waters" - 11:29
  13. "Morning Of Departure" - 3:13
  14. "Feng Shui" (Taylor, Bendian, Parker) - 4:35

:*Recorded in New York City on June 8, 1989

Personnel

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Category:1990 albums

Category:Cecil Taylor albums

Category:A&M Records albums