No Room For Squares Session 44 – Cecil Taylor’s – Conquistador! (Blue Note 1968)
Cecil Taylor’s “Conquistador!” is a groundbreaking record , that profoundly altered the trajectory of jazz. The album title alludes to the European colonization of the Americas, and Taylor’s intense, abrasive piano playing serves as a sonic representation of this violent and domineering conquest. The music is characterized by dissonance and atonality, creating a sense of […]