Leaf Palm Hand

Leaf Palm Hand
Live album by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley
Released	1989
Recorded	July 17, 1988
Genre	Free jazz
Label	FMP
Cecil Taylor chronology
Erzulie Maketh Scent (1989) Leaf Palm Hand (1989) In Florescence (1990)

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Allmusic	[1]

Leaf Palm Hand is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley recorded in Berlin on July 17, 1988 as part of month long series of concerts by Taylor and released on the FMP label.^[2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "There's no letup for the entire set; it's one dazzling display after another until the piece just implodes from exhaustion — physical, that is, as the ideas still come fast and furious — and leaves the listener dazed and awed by such a soulful yet pyrotechnic display. This is one of Cecil Taylor's most "melodic" improvisations ever".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley except as indicated.

1. "Stylobate 1" - 17:26
2. "Leaf Palm Hand" - 42:20
3. "Chimes (Cecil Taylor) - 3:50
4. "Stylobate 2" - 3:23
5. "The Old Canal" (Taylor) - 2:42

• Recorded in Berlin on July 17, 1988

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Tony Oxley: drums

References