Jazz Advance is the debut album by pianist Cecil Taylor, recorded for the Transition label in September 1956.

The album features performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Steve Lacy.

This track is played "cryptically and succinctly, the lines breaking up into jagged fragments and jutting chords."

The chords and light treble playing towards the beginning of "Azure" are similar to the sound of Abdullah Ibrahim, but then "the cross-rhythmic improvised piano patterns clattering chords typical of later Taylor emerge.

"[3] The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states "Though many did not understand his approach at the time, the passing years temper scathing criticism, and you can easily appreciate what he is accomplishing... With Jazz Advance, the revolution commenced, Taylor was setting the pace, and the improvised music world has never been the same.