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Buell Neidlinger: From Taylor to Zappa to the Carpenters
by Clifford Allen
Bassist Buell Neidlinger, born March 2, 1936, has had in many respects a genre-defying career. A child prodigy on cello, Buell graduated to bass and playing Dixieland in New York during the early ‘50s. It wasn’t long, however, before he joined the bass chair of the first Cecil Taylor quartet (including soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and drummer Denis Charles). Buell cut five and a half sessions with Taylor and another two with Lacy before becoming involved with new directions in ...
read moreBuell Neidlinger Quartet LIve at Ravenna Jazz '87 With Special Guest Steve Lacy
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Marty Krystall
K2B2 Records (k2b2.com) has just released a new CDBuell Neidlinger Quartet Live at Ravenna Jazz '87 With Special Guest Steve Lacy (K2B2 3969). This live concert was the first time since 1959 that Neidlinger and Steve Lacy would play music together. They last played together at the NYC Cecil Taylor sessions for Candid Records. Supported by tenor saxophonist Marty Krystall, pianist Brenton Banks and drummer Billy Osborne, this quintet burns through five Thelonious Monk compositions: Skippy; Epistrophy; Reflections; Little Rootie ...
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