Corona (album)

Corona is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded during the "Total Music Meeting" at the "Podewil", the headquarters of the Kulturprojekte Berlin non-profit organisation, on November 1, 1996, one day before the recording of the Taylor album Almeda, and two days before the recording of The Light of Corona. It was released in 2018 in digital format by the FMP label as part of their Archive Edition, and was reissued in 2021 in CD format by Corbett vs. Dempsey.

The album consists of three tracks. Track one begins with a Taylor poetry recitation, accompanied by vocalizations by the members of the ensemble that would join him on Almeda and The Light of Corona. Track two is a long duet featuring Taylor and drummer Sunny Murray, with whom Taylor last recorded on the 1981 album It Is in the Brewing Luminous. The vocalizing musicians return for track three, and Taylor completes his poetry recitation. Ensemble member Chris Jonas recalled being surprised by Murray's appearance, as on the previous day, Taylor announced: "Sunny Murray's coming in, and he'll be playing with us tomorrow night, and we'll see what happens thereafter... We have to wait and see what moon Sunny is in."