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From The Wire:

Archive Portal: Cecil Taylor
To mark the passing of Cecil Taylor, who died on 5 April 2018 aged 89, we present a selection of articles drawn from The Wire’s online archive in which other musicians discuss the pianist and his music


Searching for 'Cecil+Taylor' in The Wire's online archive throws up more than 200 results, including the four extended interviews the magazine conducted with the pianist, which appeared in issues 46/47, 82/83, 124 and 386. For this Archive Portal, however, we have picked a selection of interviews with other musicians, all talking about their experiences of Cecil and his music, whether as peers, collaborators, acolytes or listeners. Click the links to access the articles.

Max Roach interviewed by Skip Lazlo
Issue 1 Summer 1982

Andrew Cyrille interviewed by Val Wilmer
Issue 9 November 1984

Diamanda Galás’s Invisible Jukebox
Issue 153 November 1996

Sunny Murray’s Invisible Jukebox
Issue 199 September 2000

Borah Bergman interviewed by Andy Hamilton
Issue 235 September 2003

Vijay Iyer’s Epiphany
Issue 293 July 2008

Andrew Cyrille interviewed by Andy Hamilton
Issue 301 March 2009

Idris Ackamoor interviewed by Geeta Dyal
Issue 389 July 2016

Tyshawn Sorey’s Invisible Jukebox
Issue 406 December 2017