Historic Concerts

Historic Concerts is a live album by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979 and released on the Soul Note label in 1984. Despite the inaccurate plural title, the entire album is just one single show. The album features solo and duet performances by Taylor and Roach and the later CD reissue adds interviews recorded after the concert.

Historic Concerts
Live album by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach
Released	1984
Recorded	December 15, 1979
Genre	Free jazz
Length	106:38
Label	Soul Note
Cecil Taylor chronology
One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (1978) Historic Concerts (1984) It is in the Brewing Luminous (1980)
Max Roach chronology
Pictures in a Frame (1979) Historic Concerts (1979) Chattahoochee Red (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The passionate music is quite atonal but coherent, with Taylor displaying an impressive amount of energy and the two masters (who had not rehearsed or ever played together before) communicating pretty well".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach.

1. "Presentation" - 1:06
2. "Drums Solo" - 5:02
3. "Piano Solo" - 5:04
4. "Duets, Part 1" - 40:04
5. "Duets, Part 2" - 38:32
6. "Interviews, Part 1" - 9:36
7. "Interviews, Part 2" - 7:14

• Recorded at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979

Personnel

• Cecil Taylor: piano
• Max Roach: drums

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 15 July 2009