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    Categories: Music

Cecil Taylor’s ‘Challenging’ Avant-Garde Jazz Was More Accessible Than (Some) People Think

“Consider the reaction of another listener: Jimmy Carter. In 1978, the president, not renowned as an especially sophisticated jazz listener, hosted a jazz festival at the White House. Most of the bill was reasonably mainstream, if widely varying in style – Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Chick Corea – but it also … Read entire story.

Source: ArtsJournal

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