フリージャズの先駆的存在として知られる詩人でピアニストのセシル・テイラーが、デビューを果たした56年から62年にかけてのキャリア最初期にレコーディングした9枚のアルバムからの音源を集めたCD5枚組のコレクション。

CD 1:
1. Bemsha Swing
2. Charge Em Blues
3. Azure
4. Song
5. Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To
6. Rick Kick Shaw
7. Johnny Come Lately
8. Nonas Blues
9. Tune 2
Tracks 1-6 originally ‘Jazz Advance’ Transition 1956
Tracks 7-9 taken from ‘At Newport’ American Recordings 1957

CD 2:
1. Luyah! The Glorious Step
2. African Violets
3. Of What
4. Wallering
5. Toll
6. Excursion On A Wobbly Rail
7. Shifting Down
8. Just Friends
9. Like Someone In Love
10. Double Clutching
Tracks 1-6 originally ‘Looking Ahead!’ Contemporary 1959
Tracks 7-10 originally ‘Stereo Drive’ United Artists 1959

CD 3:
1. Get Out Of Town
2. I Love Paris
3. Love For Sale
4. Little Lees
5. Maties Trophies
6. O.P.
7. Cell Walk For Celeste
8. Cindys Main Mood
9. Things Aint What They Used To Be
Tracks 1-5 originally ‘Love For Sale’ United Artists 1959
Tracks 6-9 originally ‘New York City R&B’ (With Buell Neidlinger) Candid 1961

CD 4:
1. Air
2. This Nearly Was Mine
3. Port Of Call
4. E.B.
5. Lazy Afternoon
6. Pots
7. Bulbs
8. Mixed
Tracks 1-5 originally ‘The World of Cecil Taylor’ Candid 1960
Tracks 6-8 taken from ‘Into The Hot’ (With Gil Evans) Impulse! 1961

CD 5:
1. Trance
2. Call
3. Lena
4. D Trad Thats What
Tracks 1-4 originally ‘Live at Cafe Montmartre’ Debut 1962