Cecil Taylor Unit

Spring of Two Blue-Js

Oblivion Records OD-7

Cecil Taylor: composer, piano

Jimmy Lyons: alto saxophone
Andrew Cyrille: drums
Sirone: bass
For Ben Webster, died 10/73
Second set of Cecil Taylor’s Return
Concert recorded live on
November 4, 1973
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York, New York
Produced by Bonitza Melodies
(Fred Seibert) and A.D. Icklas
aka David Laura
Recording by Fred Seibert
with Nick Moy
Remix by Fred Seibert,
Jeff Ader, Alan Goodman,
David Laura and Tony May
Cover photo by K. Abe
Art by Don Mathe and Li Baily
Producer’s note:
The 1974 vinyl LP of this concert
recording was released on Cecil
Taylor’s Unit Core Records and was
limited to 2000 copies.
Spring of Two Blue-J’s is the second set
of a 1973 concert called “The
Return Concert” at The Town Hall in
New York City.
The entire concert is available on
streaming music services as
Cecil Taylor: The Complete, Legend-
ary, Live Return Concert at The Town
Hall NYC November 4, 1973.
“The Return Concert” program
is reproduced and transcribed here on
pages 8 through 11.
–Fred Seibert, September 2021
Preceeding pages:
Original 1974 LP cover and back liner
©1973, Cecil Taylor
“This is an adjunct
chapter to Mysteries,
a book to be published
about methodological
concepts of black
music.”

–From the paper

insert in the original
LP release on
Unit Core Records
©1973, Cecil Taylor
–From the paper
insert in the original
LP release on
Unit Core Records
©1973, Cecil Taylor
–From the paper insert in the original
LP release on Unit Core Records
©1973, Cecil Taylor
Spring of Two Blue-J’s

Original vinyl LP
labels from
Cecil Taylor owned
Unit Core Records

Designed by Frank Olinsky

©1973, Cecil Taylor

The original Cecil Taylor Return Concert program
pages 1 & 2
(transcription on the following pages)

©1973, Cecil Taylor

The original Cecil Taylor Return Concert program
pages 3 & 4
(transcription on the following pages)

©1973, Cecil Taylor

 Cecil Taylor Unit
Return Concert
November 4, 1973 Town Hall

1. Autumn Mr. Taylor since the earliest days of

the Unit, and also at Antioch College.
Together they comprise what Mr. Tay-
2. Parade lor refers to as the Unit Core.

There will be an intermission at the Sirone (Norris Jones), bass, is a new

conclusion of Parade.
3. Spring of Two Blue-J’s
4. Service
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About the Unit:
Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone, has been
a member of the unit from its inception
over a decade ago. During this period,
he has worked almost exclusively with
Mr. Taylor, participating with him in
the Cecil Taylor Unit program at An-
tioch College.
Andrew Cyrille, percussion, similar-
ly, has been in close association with
and vital member of the unit, his art-
istry is best known through associa-
tion with violinist Leroy Jenkins (who
has made music with Mr. Taylor) and
drummer Jerome Cooper, who together
make up The Revolutionary Ensemble.
This concert marks the return of Cecil
Taylor to New York City, his birthplace,
to embark upon projects conceived
during the past three and one-half years
while he held the position of artist and
composer in residence at the University
of Wisconsin and Antioch College.
The premiere of the first of these proj-
ects will take place of Avery Fisher
(Philharmonic) Hall, January 1, 1974.
By what can only be termed an ambi-
tious undertaking, it will include the
Unit Core, dance, voice, special ef- To be informed of upcoming Cecil
fects, an ensemble of musicians who Taylor Unit events, place your name on
have participated in the Cecil Taylor the mailing list in the lobby.
Unit program at the institutions men- _____
tioned. Mr. Taylor will be presenting
various parts of this project in a series Produced by JAZZ
of special programs to take place at the 431-9424
Spring Natural Foods Restaurant, 149 _____
Spring Street, in Soho.
Photo by K. Abe
Other projects funded in part by a Gug- Logo by Jan Armstrong
genheim fellowship, include a solo pi- Graphics by Dragon Studios
ano recital, publishing both prose and
poetry, a dance recital, and a series of
recordings, the first of which has al-
ready been released. This recording,
entitled Indent (Mysteries) is available
in limited numbers and can be ordered
in the lobby.

Also available in limited edition is a

poem written to complement the mu-
sical compositions heard this evening.
It is presented in a unique and aesthet-
ically exciting manner, the holograph.
This term refers to the original man-
uscript written and annotated in the
artist’s own hand and reproduced in
accordance to Mr. Taylor’s wishes. As
the first of a kind, the aesthetic value of
©1973, Cecil Taylor
this piece will merit greater recognition
with the passage of time.
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Four track master recordings of “The Return Concert”, the source of Spring of Two Blue-Js. ©1973, Cecil Taylor
Four track master recordings of “The Return Concert”, the source of Spring of Two Blue-Js. ©1973, Cecil Taylor
Mix down tape of Part 1 of Spring of Two Blue-Js. ©1973, Cecil Taylor
Mix down tape of Part 2 of Spring of Two Blue-Js. ©1973, Cecil Taylor