Two nights in January, 1961, high up on West 57th St. A fantastic line-up. "I asked Buell Neidlinger about the title of the album: NEW YORK CITY R&B. "That's what it is," he answered. "We were all based in New York City then. The session, moreover, has two blues (O.P. and THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE) and one of the songs, CINDY'S MAIN MOOD, has an l-got-rhythm set up. CELL WALK? Well, that's Cecil." (...) (...)it would be difficult, as well as pointless, to label the music on this Neidlinger/Taylor album. It is of itself, and is so strongly original that it has not dated in the least. Taylor and Neidlinger, to be sure, have gone on and beyond; but what they did on those nights in January is going to last forever. (from the original liner notes) Musicians: On O.p. And Cindy's Main Mood: Cecil Taylor, Piano; Buell Neidlinger, Bass; Billy Higgins, Drums And Tympani On Cell Walk For Celeste: Cecil Taylor, Piano; Archie Shepp, Tenor Saxophone; Buell Neidlinger, Bass; Dennis Charles, Drums On Things Ain't What They Used To Be: Cecil Taylor, Piano; Archie Shepp, Tenor Saxophone; Buell Neidlinger, Bass; Billy Higgins, Drums; Clark Terry, Trumpet; Roswell Rudd Trombone; Steve Lacy, Soprano Saxophone; Charles Davis, Baritone Saxophone
