New York City R&B is a 1961 free jazz album originally recorded at a session by bassist Buell Neidlinger but subsequently reissued under joint names with the pianist Cecil Taylor.
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow commented: "The music is quite advanced for the period, although more accessible to the average listener than Taylor's later recordings; one can hear, even in abstract form, his connection to the bebop tradition and to Duke Ellington."
Track listing "O.P." (Buell Neidlinger) - 9:15 "Cell Walk for Celeste" [Take 8] (Cecil Taylor) - 11:38 "Cindy's Main Mood" (Billy Higgins, Neidlinger, Taylor) - 5:14 "Things Ain't What they Used to Be" [Take 1] (Mercer Ellington) - 10:07 Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, January 9 & 10, 1961
Personnel Cecil Taylor - piano Buell Neidlinger - bass Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone Clark Terry - trumpet Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone Roswell Rudd - trombone Charles Davis - baritone saxophone Denis Charles - drums Billy Higgins - drums
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