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Jimmy Lyons discography

This is a discography of Jimmy Lyons albums and albums by other musicians that feature Jimmy Lyons


Jimmy Lyons: leader and co-leader discography

Other Afternoons, Jimmy Lyons, 1969, Actuel 529.309

Tracks : Other Afternoons, Premonitions, However, My You

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Lester Bowie, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

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Wildflowers 4: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions, Various Artists, 1977, Douglas

Tracks : Tranquil Beauty (Hamiet Bluiett), Pensive (Julius Hemphill), Push Pull (Jimmy Lyons), Zaki (Oliver Lake), Shout Song (David Murray)

Musicians : The musicians on the Jimmy Lyons track are Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Hayes Burnett, and Henry Maxwell Letcher

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Push Pull, Jimmy Lyons, 1979, hat HUT Y/Z/Z

Tracks : Mary Mary, After You Left A, After You Left B, Tortuga, Push Pull, Breakout

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Munner Bernard Fennell, Hayes Burnett, Roger Blank

3LP release of music recorded live in May 1978 at the Collective for Living Cinema, New York.

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Jump Up / What To Do About, Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio, 1981, hat HUT 2R21

Tracks : Jump Up, Riffs #1, What To Do About #1 And #2, Sea Treas, Riffs #5

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray, John Lindberg

A double LP of music recorded at the Willisau Jazz Festival in 1980. Later reissues often omitted tracks.

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Riffs, Jimmy Lyons featuring Karen Borca, 1982, hat MUSICS 3503

Tracks : Theme, Riffs #1/I, Riffs #1/II

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Jay Oliver, Paul Murphy

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Wee Sneezawee, Jimmy Lyons Quintet, 1984, Black Saint 0067

Tracks : Wee Sneezawee, Gossip, Remembrance, Shackinback, Driads

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Raphe Malik, Karen Borca, William Parker, Paul Murphy

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Give It Up, Jimmy Lyons Quintet, 1985, Black Saint 0087

Tracks : Give It Up, Methods, Never, Ballada

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Enrico Rava, Karen Borca, Jay Oliver, Paul Murphy

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Something in Return, Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille, 1988, Black Saint 0125

Tracks : Take The A Train, Something In Return, Lorry, J. L., Nuba, Fragments 1

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

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Burnt Offering, Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille, 1991, Black Saint 0130

Tracks : Popp-A, Exotique, Burnt Offering

Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

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Burnt Offering, Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille, 2003, Ayler Records CD 036/040

Tracks : CD 1: Jump Up, Gossip, Ballad One, Mr. 1-2-5 Street, Jump Up # 2, Round Midnight / CD 2: Family, Heritage I / CD 3: Heritage II, Clutter, Mary Mary Intro, Never, Configuration C, Repertoire Riffin', Impro-Scream & Clutter II / CD 4: Wee Sneezawee, After You Left, Theme, Shakin' Back, Good News Blues, Jimmy Lyons Interview / CD 5: Wee Sneezawee, After You Left, Tortuga, Gossip, Shakin' Back, Driads, Jump Up

Musicians : CD 1: Jimmy Lyons, Raphe Malik, Hayes Burnett, Sidney Smart / CD 2 & CD 3, track 1: Jimmy Lyons, Hayes Burnett, Henry Letcher / CD 3 tracks 2-7: Jimmy Lyons / CD 4: Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Paul Murphy / CD 5: Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, William Parker, Paul Murphy

A 5 CD box set of previously unreleased studio and live recordings plus a 10 minute interview with Jimmy Lyons.

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The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Jimmy Lyons, 2014, Black Saint/Soul Note

This box set brings together 5 albums: Wee Sneezawee (Jimmy Lyons Quintet), Give It Up (Jimmy Lyons Quintet), Burnt Offering (Jimmy Lyons / Andrew Cyrille), Nuba (Andrew Cyrille / Jeanne Lee / Jimmy Lyons), and Something In Return (Andrew Cyrille / Jimmy Lyons).

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Jimmy Lyons: sideman: main albums and selected single artist collections

Into the Hot, The Gil Evans Orchestra, 1962, Impulse! 9

Tracks : Moon Taj, Pots, Angkor Wat, Bulbs, Barry's Tune, Mixed

Musicians : John Carisi, John Glasel, Joe Wilder, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Ted Curson, Roswell Rudd, Urbie Green, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Buffington, Harvey Phillips, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Jimmy Lyons, Archie Shepp, Eddie Costa, Cecil Taylor, Barry Galbraith, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Henry Grimes Osie Johnson, Sunny Murray

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Live At The Cafe Montmatre, Cecil Taylor, 1963, Debut / Fontana / Fantasy

Tracks : Trance, Call, Lena, D Trad, That's What

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. Originally released in Denmark on Debut in 1963. Released in 1964 on Fantasy in the US and Fontana in Europe. Released on Black Lion as Trance. A double LP released in 1976 in the US and Europe on Arista Freedom / Freedom with the title Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come combines this music with music originally released on Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come in 1965. Later double CD releases with the Live At The Cafe Montmartre title combine music from this album and the Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come album.

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Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1965, Debut / Fontana

Tracks : What's New, Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1st Variation), Lena (2nd Variation), Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (2nd Variation)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. Originally released in Denmark on Debut and on Fontana in other European countries. Released in 1974/75 in Europe on Freedom with the title What's New. A double LP released in 1976 in the US and Europe on Arista Freedom / Freedom combines this music with music originally released on Live At The Cafe Montmartre in 1963. Later double CD releases with the Live At The Cafe Montmartre title include the music from Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come.

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Communication, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, 1965, Fontana

Tracks : Roast, Day (Communications No. 4), Communications No. 5

Musicians : Mike Mantler, Ray Codrington, Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Bob Carducci, Jimmy Lyons, John Tchicai, Ken McIntyre, Robin Kenyatta, Steve Lacy, Fred Pirtle, Willie Ruff, Paul Bley, Kent Carter, Steve Swallow, Eddie Gomez, Barry Altschul, Milford Graves

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Unit Structures, Cecil Taylor, 1966, Blue Note 4237

Tracks : Steps, Enter, Evening, Enter, Evening, Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section, Tales (8 Whisps)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Eddie Gale Stevens, Jr., Jimmy Lyons, Ken McIntyre, Henry Grimes, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

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Conquistador, Cecil Taylor, 1967, Blue Note 4260

Tracks : Conquistador, With (Exit)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

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The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, 1968, JCOA 1001/2

Tracks : Communications # 8, Communications # 9, Communications # 10, Preview, Communications # 11 Part 1, Communications # 11 Part 2

Musicians : Michael Mantler, Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd, Jimmy Knepper, Julius Watkins, Randy Brecker, Bob Northern, Howard Johnson, Charles Davis, Frank Wess, Jimmy Lyons, Lew Tabackin, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Carla Bley, Cecil Taylor, Larry Coryell, Charlie Haden, Eddie Gomez, Reggie Workman, Ron Carter, Steve Swallow, Andrew Cyrille, Beaver Harris

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Black Rhythm Happening, Eddie Gale, 1969, Blue Note 4320

Tracks : Black Rhythm Happening, The Gleeker, Song of Will, Ghetto Love Night, Mexico Thing, Ghetto Summertime, It Must Be You, Look at Teyonda

Musicians : Eddie Gale, Roland Alexander, Jimmy Lyons, Russell Lyle, Jo Ann Gale Stevens, Henry Pearson, Judah Samuel, Elvin Jones, John Robinson, Sylvia Bibbs, Charles Davis, Paula Nadine Larkin, William Norwood, Fulumi Prince, Carol Ann Robinson, Sondra Walston

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Escalator over the Hill, Carla Bley / Paul Haines, 1971, JCOA

Tracks : Hotel Overture, ... This Is Here, Like Animals, Escalator Over The Hill, Stay Awake, Ginger And David, Song To Anything That Moves, Eoth Theme, Businessmen, Ginger And David Theme, Why, It's Not What You Do, Detective Writer Daughter, Doctor Why, Slow Dance (Transductory Music), Smalltown Agonist, End Of Head, Over Her Head, Little Pony Soldier, Oh Say Can You Do?, Holiday In Risk, Holiday In Risk Theme, A.I.R. (All India Radio), Rawalpindi Blues, End Of Rawalpindi, End Of Animals, ... And It's Again

Musicians : Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Enrico Rava, Don Cherry, Michael Snow, Roswell Rudd, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Knepper, Jack Jeffers, Jimmy Lyons, Gato Barbieri, Souren Baronia, Perry Robinson, Peggy Imig, Chris Woods, Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman, John Buckingham, Howard Johnson, Nancy Newton, Don Preston, Karl Berger, Sam Brown, John McLaughlin, Leroy Jenkins, Nancy Newton, Calo Scott, Charlie Haden, Jack Bruce, Ron McClure, Richard Youngstein, Paul Motian, Roger Dawson, Bill Morimando, Sheila Jordan, Jeanne Lee, Linda Ronstadt

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Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, Cecil Taylor, 1971, Shandar SR 10.011

Tracks : Vol I: Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A, Vol II: Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A, Vol III: Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille

A 3 LP box set. Also released as three separate LPs.

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Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, Vol. 1, Cecil Taylor, 1972, Shandar SR 83.507

Tracks : Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille

One of three volumes released separately and as part of a 3 LP box set.

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Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, Vol. 2, Cecil Taylor, 1972, Shandar SR 83.508

Tracks : Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille

One of three volumes released separately and as part of a 3 LP box set.

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Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, Vol. 3, Cecil Taylor, 1972, Shandar SR 83.509

Tracks : Second Act Of A, Second Act Of A

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille

One of three volumes released separately and as part of a 3 LP box set.

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Innovations, Cecil Taylor, 1972, Freedom / Polydor

Tracks : That's What, Trance, Call

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. Tracks originally released in Denmark on Live At The Cafe Montmartre in 1963 and in the US in 1964 on Fantasy.

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Akisakila, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1973, Trio

Tracks : Bulu Akisakila Kutala 1, Bulu Akisakila Kutala 2, Bulu Akisakila Kutala 3, Bulu Akisakila Kutala 4

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

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Student Studies, Cecil Taylor, 1973, BYG (Japan only?)

Tracks : Student Studies, Part 1, Student Studies, Part 2, Amplitude, Niggle Feuigle

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

Recorded in Paris in November 1966. Originally possibly only released in Japan. Subsequently released on Affinity (cover shown) and on Fuel 2000. Also released as Great Paris Concert on Freedom and Black Lion.

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Spring Of Two Blue-J's, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1974, Unit Core

Tracks : Spring Of Two Blue-J's, Spring Of Two Blue-J's

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sirone, Andrew Cyrille

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What's New, Cecil Taylor, 1975, Freedom

Tracks : What's New, Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1st Variation), Lena (2nd Variation), Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (2nd Variation)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

This is a reissue of the 1965 album Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come.

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Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come, Cecil Taylor, 1976, Arista Freedom

Tracks : Trance, Call, Lena, D Trad, That's What, What's New, Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1st Variation), Lena (2nd Variation), Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (2nd Variation)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. This double LP release combines music from Live At The Cafe Montmartre (1963) and Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1965).

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Dark to Themselves, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1976, Enja

Tracks : Streams, Chorus Of Seed

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Raphé Malik, Jimmy Lyons, David S. Ware, Marc Edwards

Recorded live at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival in June 1976.

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The Great Concert Of, Cecil Taylor, 1977?, Prestige P 34003

Tracks : Second Act Of A (Part 1), Second Act Of A (Part 2), Second Act Of A (Part 3), Second Act Of A (Part 4), Second Act Of A (Part 5), Second Act Of A (Part 6)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

A 3 LP set of music recorded live in Paris in July 1969 and originally released on the Shandar label.

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The New Breed: The Dedication Series Vol. VIII, Cecil Taylor/Charles Tolliver/Grachan Moncur/Archie Shepp, 1978, Impulse! 9339

Notes : Previously released and unreleased music by four separate groups from 1961 and 1965. Jimmy Lyons plays on the Cecil Taylor tracks which were originally released on the Gil Evans credited album Into The Hot.

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Cecil Taylor Unit, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1978, New World Records NW 201

Tracks : Idut, Serdab, Holiday En Masque

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, Ronald Shannon Jackson

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3 Phasis, Cecil Taylor Unit, 1979, New World Records NW 303

Tracks : 3 Phasis, Side One, 3 Phasis, Side Two

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, Ronald Shannon Jackson

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Live In The Black Forest, Cecil Taylor, 1979, MPS

Tracks : The Eel Pot, Sperichill On Calling

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, Ronald Shannon Jackson

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Nuba, Andrew Cyrille, Jeanne Lee & Jimmy Lyons, 1979, Black Saint 0030

Tracks : Nuba 1, Cornbread Picnic (Maize), The One Before Zero, JJ&A, In These Last Days, Sorry, Nuba 2

Musicians : Andrew Cyrille, Jeanne Lee, Jimmy Lyons

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One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye, Cecil Taylor, 1980, hatHUT 3R02

Tracks : A Side, B Side, C Side, D Side, E Side, F Side

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, Ronald Shannon Jackson

Recorded live in Stuttgart in June 1978. Originally release as a 3 LP box set. Subsequently released as a double CD with at least two different cover designs (2004 reissue shown).

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It Is In The Brewing Luminous, Cecil Taylor, 1981, hatHUT 2R16

Tracks : It Is In The Brewing Luminous

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Alan Silva, Jerome Cooper, Sunny Murray

Recorded at Fat Tuesdays in New York in February 1980. Originally release as a 2 LP set. Subsequently released as a single CD with at least two different cover designs (2001 reissue shown).

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In-Between-Positions: A Trio In Eight Movements, Joel Futterman, 1982, Bellaphon

Tracks : Position 1: Intuition, In Between Position(s) 1: Concept, In Between Position(s) 2: Challenge, In Between Position(s) 3: Defense, In Between Position(s) 4: Affirmantion, In Between Position(s) 5: Repose, In Between Position(s) 6: Clarity, Position 2: Illumination

Musicians : Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Robert Adkins

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Calling It The 8th, Cecil Taylor, 1983, hat MUSICS 3508

Tracks : Calling It the 8th/I, Calling It the 8th/II, Calling It the 9th

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, William Parker, Rashid Bakr

Recorded live in November 1981 and released on a single LP. Subsequently released in an unedited format on CD with the title The Eighth and, to date, two different cover designs.

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Cloudburst, Paul Murphy, 1983, Mad Murphy Records

Tracks : Fantasy, Voices, Calling, Open, Cloudburst

Musicians : Paul Murphy, Dewey Johnson, Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Maryanne Driscoll

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The Great Paris Concert, Cecil Taylor, 1983/1994, Black Lion

Tracks : Student Studies, Part 1, Student Studies, Part 2, Amplitude, Niggle Feuigle

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

Originally released on BYG in 1973 as Student Studies.

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Inneraction, Joel Futterman, 1984, JDF Music

Tracks : Inneraction Part 1, Inneraction Part 1 Cont., Inneraction Part 2

Musicians : Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, Robert Adkins

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Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants), Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents), 1985, Soul Note SN 1089

Tracks : Taht, Womb Waters Scent Of The Burning Armadillo Shell, Cun-Un-Un-Un-An, Winged Serpent

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stanko, Frank Wright, John Tchicai, Jimmy Lyons, Gunter Hampel, Karen Borca, William Parker, Andre Martinez, Rashied Bakr

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The Eighth, Cecil Taylor, 1989, hatART 6036 / hatOLOGY 622

Tracks : Calling It the 8th, Calling It the 9th

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, William Parker, Rashid Bakr

Recorded live in November 1981 and originally released on a single LP in 1983. This CD reissue is in an unedited format. Subsequent CD release on hatOLOGY has a different front cover.

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Passage, Joel Futterman, 1990, Ear-Rational

Tracks : Time Plus, Once We Knew, Journey To Eden

Musicians : Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Derwin Holder, Robert Adkins

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Inner Conversations, Joel Futterman, 1990, Ear-Rational

Tracks : Aerial Wind, No Words (Necessary), A Truth Of Hearts, My Faith, Rite Of Passage, To Think Of Her, Time Like Then, Inneraction Suite: I. Coming Together/Freedom Song, II. Inner Conversations

Musicians : Tracks 1-7: Joel Futterman / Tracks 8-9: Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, Robert Adkins

Tracks 8 & 9 were recorded in 1984 and originally released in that year on the Inneraction album.

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Moments, Joel Futterman, 1990, Ear-Rational

Tracks : Exit, Return, Future State

Musicians : Tracks 1-2: Joel Futterman, Robert Adkins / Track 3: Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Robert Adkins

Exit and Return were recorded in July 1981 and originally released on The End Is The Beginning album. Future State was recorded in 1983.

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Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come, Cecil Taylor, 1997/2002, Revenant

Tracks : Trance, Call, Lena, D Trad That's What, (Unrecorded Silence), Call (Second Version), What's New, Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come, Lena (Second Version), Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (Second Version), (Unrecorded Silence), D Trad That's What (Second Version)

Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray

Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. This 2 CD / 3 LP release combines music from Live At The Cafe Montmartre (1963) and Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (1965) with additional music from the same performances.

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Mixed, Cecil Taylor Unit / Roswell Rudd Sextet, 1998, Impulse! IMP 12702

Tracks : Bulbs, Pots, Mixed, Everywhere, Yankee No-How, Respects, Satan's Dance

Musicians : Tracks 1-3: Cecil Taylor, Ted Curson (track 3), Jimmy Lyons, Archie Shepp, Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray / Tracks 4-7: Roswell Rudd, Giuseppi Logan, Robin Kenyatta, Lewis Worrell, Charlie Haden, Beaver Harris

Tracks 1-3 recorded in October 1961 and originally released on the Gil Evans album Into The Hot. Tracks 4-7 recorded in July 1966 and originally released on the Roswell Rudd album Everywhere.

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Red Snapper: At CBS, Paul Murphy, 2003, CJR 1167

Tracks : Sailing Out, Settin In, The Scenery 1, Wild Reed Steppin' Out 1, The Scenery 2, Reeding Room, Steppin' Out 2, The Scenery 3, Steppin' Out 3, Steepin' Up, Mellow 1, Mellow 2, Innocent Incidents, Duo 1, Duo 2, Duo 3, Red Snapper, Pt. 1, Red Snapper, Pt. 2

Musicians : Paul Murphy, Dewey Johnson, Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Mary Anne Driscoll

Recorded in June 1982.



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Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70), Albert Ayler, 2004, Revenant

Notes : This is a nine CD box set collecting live recordings made between 1962 and 1970 and two interviews. Jimmy Lyons plays on one track, Four, by the Cecil Taylor Quartet with Albert Ayler, which was possibly recorded in Copenhagen in November 1962. The musicians on that track are: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Albert Ayler, Sunny Murray

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Piano Solo At Town Hall 1971, Cecil Taylor, 2009, Free Factory 062

Tracks : Solo: Arzoolie Dance Rouge / Point / Shows / Hot Point, Bonus tracks: Number One, Octagonal Skirt & Fancy Pants

Musicians : Track 1: Cecil Taylor / Tracks 2-3 (probably): Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray

Track 1 recorded live at Town Hall, NYC in July 1971. The two quartet bonus trackswere recorded, for a radio broadcast, at the Village Gate, NYC, in September 1965.

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The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Cecil Taylor, 2010, Black Saint/Soul Note

This box set brings together 5 albums: Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Cecil Taylor Segments II), Historic Concerts: Set 1 & Set 2 (Max Roach And Cecil Taylor), Olu Iwa (Cecil Taylor), Olim (Cecil Taylor). Jimmy Lyons plays on the Winged Serpent album.

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The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Andrew Cyrille, 2013, Black Saint/Soul Note

This box set brings together 7 albums: Metamusician's Stomp, Nuba, Something In Return, Special People, The Navigator, X Man and Good To Go, With A Tribute To Bu. Jimmy Lyons plays on the Nuba and Something In return albums.

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Mixed To Unit Structures Revisited, Cecil Taylor, 2021, ezz-thetics 1110

Tracks : Pots, Bulbs, Mixed, Steps, Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure), Unit Structure / As Of A Now / Section, Tales (8 Whisps)

Musicians : Tracks 1 to 3: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Ted Curson, Roswell Rudd, Henri Grimes, Sunny Murray / Tracks 4 to 7: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Ken McIntyre, Eddie Gale Stevens Jr., Henri Grimes, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

Notes : Tracks 1 to 3 were originally released on the Gil Evans album Into The Hot (1962). Tracks 4 to 7 were originally released on the Cecil Taylor album Unit Structure (1966).

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With (Exit) to Student Studies Revisited, Cecil Taylor, 2022, ezz-thetics 1133

Tracks : With (Exit), Student Studies 1, Student Studies 2, Amplitude, Niggle Feuigle

Musicians : Track 1: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Bill Dixon, Henry Grimes, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille / Tracks 2 to 5: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille

Notes : Tracks 1 was originally released on the Cecil Taylor album Conquistador (1967). Tracks 2 to 5 were originally released on the Cecil Taylor album Student Studies (1973).

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Last updated May 2015