2 Blues for Cecil is a tribute to pianist Cecil Taylor by a trio who hold cherished musical memories of working with him. Drummer Andrew Cyrille worked with the pianist from 1964 to 1975, and played on Unit Structures, Conquistador!, and Student Studies. Bassist William Parker worked with Taylor from 1980 to 1991, and appears on ten albums including The Eighth, In Florescence, and Olu Iwa. Enrico Rava played in Taylor's Orchestra of Two Continents (recorded as Cecil Taylor Segments II) on Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) and in the Cecil Taylor European Orchestra for Alms / Tiergarten (Spree) -- both include Parker as well. This group first performed in tribute to a present Taylor in 2016. They played again at a French jazz festival in December 2020, and regrouped for these Paris sessions in February 2021. The set is comprised of four group improvisations, two tunes each by Cyrille and Rava, one by Parker, and a standard. This group's innate, perhaps even cellular understanding of Taylor's theories are illustrated colorfully and energetically, without attempting to match the pianist's fluid intensity.

1		Improvisation No. 1
2		Ballerina
3		Blues for Cecil No. 1
4		Improvisation No. 2
5		Top, Bottom and What's in the Middle
6		Blues for Cecil No. 2
7		Enrava Melody
8		Overboard
9		Machu Picchu
10		My Funny Valentine

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