3 Phasis

3 Phasis
3 Phasis
Studio album by Cecil Taylor
Released	1978
Recorded	April 1978
Genre	Free jazz
Length	57:12
Label	New World
Cecil Taylor chronology

3 Phasis is an album by Cecil Taylor, recorded in April 1978 and released on the New World label. The album features three performances by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone, and Ronald Shannon Jackson. The album was recorded during the same sessions that produced the Cecil Taylor Unit.^[1]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

The New York Times wrote that the album "is an essential recording because, like all great jazzmen, Mr. Taylor reiterates his blues roots on the second side with a rent-party vamp that inspires Jimmy Lyons and the ensemble to a powerhouse celebration of New Orleans in a new context."^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Cecil Taylor.

"3 Phasis" – 57:12
- Recorded in April 1978

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ New World Records album details Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 July 2009
^ AllMusic Review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 190. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Crouch, Stanley (8 June 1980). "Cecil Taylor's Pianistic Fireworks". The New York Times. p. A20.

[1] New World Records album details Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 July 2009

[2] AllMusic Review

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 190. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Crouch, Stanley (8 June 1980). "Cecil Taylor's Pianistic Fireworks". The New York Times. p. A20.

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Discography
Studio albums	Jazz Advance Looking Ahead! Stereo Drive Love for Sale The World of Cecil Taylor Air Cell Walk for Celeste Jumpin' Punkins New York City R&B Unit Structures Conquistador! Cecil Taylor Unit 3 Phasis Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) Chinampas In Florescence Momentum Space
Live albums	At Newport Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come Student Studies Praxis The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor Indent Akisakila Solo Spring of Two Blue J's Silent Tongues Dark to Themselves Air Above Mountains Live in the Black Forest One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye Historic Concerts It Is in the Brewing Luminous Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! The Eighth Garden Iwontunwonsi Amewa For Olim Olu Iwa Live in Bologna Live in Vienna Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil In East Berlin Regalia The Hearth Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) Remembrance Pleistozaen Mit Wasser Spots, Circles, and Fantasy Legba Crossing Erzulie Maketh Scent Leaf Palm Hand Looking (Berlin Version) Solo Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio Looking (Berlin Version) Corona Celebrated Blazons 2 Ts for a Lovely T CT: The Dance Project Double Holy House Nailed Melancholy The Tree of Life Always a Pleasure The Light of Corona Almeda Qu'a: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 1 Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium, Vol. 2 Lifting the Bandstand Algonquin Incarnation The Willisau Concert The Owner of the River Bank All the Notes Taylor/Dixon/Oxley The Last Dance
Compilations	Mixed