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Cecil Taylor Quartet

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9 cited facts

  • 1959
  • 8:18
  • 172 BPM · D major

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  1. Recorded at Nola Studios, also Port of Call (take 2) (Cecil Taylor), All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother (Charles Mingus) and What Love? (Charles Mingus)

  2. Released on Contemporary, also Wagon Wheels (Sonny Rollins), Anthropology (Art Pepper) and Bernie’s Tune (Art Pepper)

  3. Written by Cecil Taylor, also Port of Call (take 2) (Cecil Taylor), Air (Cecil Taylor) and Bulbs (Cecil Taylor Unit)

  4. Part of Looking Ahead!, also Excursion on a Wobbly Rail, African Violets and Wallering

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Written by
Cecil Taylor and Massimo Bottini
Performed by
Buell Neidlinger, Cecil Taylor and Denis Charles
Part of
Looking Ahead!
Recorded at
Nola Studios
Released on
Contemporary

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Of What was performed by Buell Neidlinger

    Of What was performed by Buell Neidlinger

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Of What was performed by Cecil Taylor

    Of What was performed by Cecil Taylor

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Of What was performed by Denis Charles

    Of What was performed by Denis Charles

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Of What was written by Cecil Taylor

    Of What was written by Cecil Taylor

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  5. 5MusicBrainz Of What was written by Massimo Bottini

    Of What was written by Massimo Bottini

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  6. 6MusicBrainz Of What is part of the release Looking Ahead!

    Of What is part of the release Looking Ahead!

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  7. 7MusicBrainz Of What was recorded at Nola Studios

    Of What was recorded at Nola Studios

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  8. 8MusicBrainz Contemporary is the label of the song Of What

    Contemporary is the label of the song Of What

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  9. 9MusicBrainz Of What was released on 1959

    Of What was released on 1959

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