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Rivets and Rivulets

Rivets and Rivulets

Cecil Taylor + Tony Oxley, in and beyond 'Flashing Spirits'

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Nate Chinen
Jul 21, 2025
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Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley in performance at The Village Vanguard, July 15, 2008. (Peter Gannushkin / downtownmusic.net)

The most breathtaking moment on Flashing Spirits, an album that scatters its gifts with a profligate hand, arrives about 30 minutes in.

As always, context is key. At this point in the recording — I clock it at 30:05 — we have spent ha…

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