Cecil Taylor at 80, part two: A brief review

William Parker once said to me that the older a musician is, the closer he will come to making music that he began his journey with...and therefore, he will be performing as he truly is
("he" or "she").

That it takes such revolutionary postures, particularly for Cecil Taylor, to be heard in the appropriate context early on and then for that context to exist almost naturally (very) later on comments once again on cultural lag.

I suppose the extraordinarily innovative artists and musicians in the world have to accept this aspect of culture: in order to move mountains when the tools are at hand, the tools can meet impenetrable impasses. But little by little, year after year, the tools chip away at the mountain and it becomes the size of a speed bump and completely negotiable. Musician to listener. The way becomes clear.

The true self has opened in the both instances, musician and listener. The external whys and wherefores have disappeared and finally Essence can be appreciated. The music expresses commonality as opposed to adversity to tradition.

God this sounds wonderful. Just one more reason to kick myself in the ass for not getting a ticket.