Night By Cecil Taylor Mood

Cecil Taylor’s piece is an ever-changing flow of symphony and saxophone tones outstretched over the underlay of complex tunes and rhythms. His piece holds bold, strong notes that do not outstay their welcome. They are resounding but not overpowering, almost as if Cecil is speaking words themselves through each note he plays. His delicate and playful uses of rhythmic tunes carry a story of potent color, ranging from a swimming array of blues to a dwindling violet and star-speckled twilight. His trumpet, serving as a sort of vocal tool or mouth itself, speaking the tales of the evening; its resonating chaos and its calming silence. Cecil’s expert level of story-telling and flawless level of intricate detailing of the story he is painting with the colors of his rich sound do not go unnoticed and as carry the listener deeper and deeper into the dark beauty of his orchestral arch. …show more content…
The track’s almost abrupt and invasive opening is a clever trick to tie the narrative of the busy and chaotic day becoming the calmer and much more somber night. Cecil’s endearing yet, dangerously uneasy sounds replicated and accented by the piano and flutes and bells in the background, and among the almost wild-racing pace of the tempo towards the midpoint of the track, Cecil never manages to overwhelm the listener. He or she is instead immersed in the bursting color pallet of yellows, reds and oranges, as the tone shifts ever so subtly and elegantly into a much more spaced out and pause-heavy composition. The overall composure of the piece seems to follow the narrative of a sun setting and the transition into a starry