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.