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Title: The Cecil Taylor Quartet – Air
Year/Genre: 1960, Jazz (Avant-Garde)
Condition: VG++
Cultural Facts:
One of the early documents of Taylor’s split with jazz “polite society” norms—clubs and critics often treated his sets like a provocation.
His scene survived through small-room bookings, arts patrons, and European interest when U.S. jazz institutions were slow to back the avant-garde.
The quartet era sits right before the loft-jazz explosion—Taylor’s approach became part of the blueprint for NYC’s later DIY jazz spaces.
12/17/25 LM