FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUALITY

IN THE MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR

by matthew goodheart

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note to the Online Edition

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

Introduction

Part I:
Jazz and Society
The Social/Political Environment of Taylor's Early Music

Part II:
The Foundation of Taylor's Music
Unit Structures' Liner Notes

Part III:
Freedom and Individuality: The Cecil Taylor Orchestra at the 1995 San Francisco Jazz Festival

Conclusion

Appendix A: Graphic diagrams of the Tape Selections
Tape Selection 1
Tape Selection 2

Appendix B: Reproductions of the rehearsal scores
Rehearsal Score 1
Rehearsal Score 2

©1996, Matthew Goodheart/Evolving Door Music

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