Legendary pianist Cecil Taylor enjoyed a month-long residen-
cy in Berlin in June and July 1988, during which he began an
artistic partnership with drummer Tony Oxley which lasted
until Taylor’s final public performances in 2016. Recorded at the
Outside In Festival in Crawley, UK in September 1988, Flashing
Spirits is a high-intensity, extraordinarily beautiful piano-drums
duo, previously unreleased and a revelation even for listeners
who followed Taylor’s long and unceasingly exploratory career.