Legba Crossing

Legba Crossing
Live album by Cecil Taylor
Released	1989
Recorded	July 15, 1988
Genre	Free jazz
Label	FMP
Cecil Taylor chronology
Spots, Circles, and Fantasy (1989) Legba Crossing (1989) Erzulie Maketh Scent (1989)

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Allmusic	[1]

Legba Crossing is a live album featuring a performance by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble recorded in Berlin on July 15, 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 "The piece is not the careening, chaotic, free for all one might expect. There is a dynamic and dramatic control Taylor has over the entire ensemble... This music is moving, full of pathos and emotion, but also nuance and figurative speech in both voice and instrumental utterance... What a treat".^[3]

Track listing

Ccomposition by Cecil Taylor.

1. "Legba Crossing" - 48:15

• Recorded in Berlin on July 15, 1988

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: director, voice
• Sabine Kopf: flute
• Daniel Werts: oboe
• Brigitte Vinkeloe: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Joachim Gies: alto saxophone
• Ove Volquartz: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Heinz-Erich Godecke: trombone
• Harald Kimmig: violin
• Alexander Frangenheim, Uwe Martin, George Wolf: bass
• Paul Plimley: piano
• Lukas Lindenmaier, Peeter Uuskyla: drums
• Trudy Morse: voice

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