“Cecil Taylor Feted at Whitney Museum Retrospective” – Downbeat magazine
On the opening day of Open Plan: Cecil Taylor, muttering had begun from assembled fans that Taylor—who was being feted with a 10-day exhibit and performance series at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City—wouldn’t be playing the piano, but would instead be reading his decidedly abstract poetry. Rumors swirled, including one that he would just be dancing, or that at age 87, he perhaps could no longer dance.
