Cecil Taylor Quartet:

Jazz Advance

It's about magic. And capturing spirits.

(Cecil Taylor - Liner notes)

Recorded in 1955

Cecil Taylor piano Steve Lacy soprano saxophone (2,4) Buell Neidlinger bass (except 5) Dennis Charles drums (except 5)

Ind.	Title	Composer	Dur.
1/	Bemsha Swing	Thelonious Monk, Best	7:23
2/	Charge' Em Blues	Cecil Taylor	11:02
3/	Azure	Duke Ellington	7:26
4/	Song	Cecil Taylor	5:16
5/	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Cole Porter	9:14
6/	Rick Kick Shaw	Cecil Taylor	6:03
7/	Sweet And Lovely	Arnheim, Tobias, Lamare	6:35

Recorded in Boston on September 14, 1956 (or December 10, 1955 — according to the Blue Note reissue BN-LA 458 h3 and Steve Lacy himself [interview]).
Digital transfer by Malcolm Addey (Blue Note reissue).

Producer: Tom Wilson for Transition Records. Blue Note reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna.

1994 - Transition (Japan), TOCJ-5888 (CD - track 7 missing)
1991 - Blue Note (USA), CDP 7 84462 2 (CD)
???? - Toshiba (Japan), EMI TOCJ 5884 (CD)
???? - Blue Note (UK), BST 84 487/88 (LP)
1975 - Blue Note (USA), BN-LA 458 h3 (LP: In Transition)
???? - Toshiba (Japan), 70072 (LP)
???? - Transition (Japan), GXF 3121 (LP)
1956 - Transition (USA), TR 10 - TR 19 - TR 30 (LP)

Notes: In Transition includes both Jazz Advance and Love For Sale (1959). Track (7) is missing on the Transition CD pressing (TOCJ-5888).