At 10:07 AM 7/27/2004, you wrote:
i interviewed cecil taylor not long ago and he didn't give me a chance to ask a question for 90 minutes. he walked circles around the room, talking about richard nixon and duke ellington and frank gehry and ivie anderson. so the story i wrote <http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1250> wasn't so much about cecil's history and views, but i think it gave a feeling of the man.
Kurt, If you have not already done so, read the interview with Taylor and Ahmad Jamal in the old Musician magazine from about 10+ years ago and you might be glad you never got a chance to ask a question. As I recall, they would answer just about every question with a question about the question or something like that. It was kind of funny but I felt sorry for the interviewer. And btw, I do agree that the interview gave the reader a glimpse into Taylor. Something that may not have happened if you asked some question that pissed him off. James James