You practice so you can invent. Discipline? No. The joy of … - Cecil Taylor

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You practice so you can invent. Discipline? No. The joy of practicing leads you to the celebration of the creation.

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Cecil Percival Taylor (March 15, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet who was generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with Ornette Coleman).

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