The World Of Cecil Taylor was recorded for Candid label in October 1960. Alternative takes from these sessions were first released in 1987, but this is the first time I’ve heard them. Some tracks were done in a single take, while the opening Air required 29 takes before being approved by Taylor. I wonder why there are only two alternative takes here, and how many others survive (if any). As Brian Olewnick comments, one can only imagine how the jazz fan of the time would have reacted: “Taylor .