One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye

One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 14, 1978 and released on the Hat Hut label. The album features performances by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone and Ronald Shannon Jackson. The album was originally released as a triple LP featuring the Cecil Taylor Unit performances (tracks 4-11 all titled "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye") then rereleased as a double CD with duets by Lyons & Malik and Ameen & Sirone and a solo by Shannon Jackson added and the titles changed to the performers for each track.[4]

One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
Live album by
Cecil Taylor
Released1980
RecordedJune 14, 1978
GenreFree jazz
LabelHat Hut
Cecil Taylor chronology
Live in the Black Forest
(1978)		 One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
(1980)		 Historic Concerts
(1978)
CD Reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow and Thom Jurek states: "Fans of Cecil Taylor's unrelenting music will certainly enjoy this exuberant work. This is the best-recorded performance of the enlarged Cecil Taylor Unit at its creative and most unified peak."[5]

Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Taylor.
  1. "Duet Jimmy Lyons/Raphe Malik" - 3:49
  2. "Duet Ramsey Ameen/Sirone" - 11:24
  3. "Solo Ronald Shannon Jackson" - 5:39
  4. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 24:13
  5. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 27:26
  6. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 10:42
  7. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 12:06
  8. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 6:13
  9. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 18:04
  10. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 19:07
  11. "Cecil Taylor Unit" - 9:20
  • Recorded in Stuttgart, Germany on June 14, 1978

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 189. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cecil Taylor Sessionography, accessed 15 July 2009.
  5. Yanow, S. & Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed 15 July 2009
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