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McCoy Tyner's fourth studio album has a split personality, with three tracks featuring an intriguing sextet of all-stars, and the rest with his trusty trio, done eight months apart. Perhaps the tracks with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Albert Heath were leftovers from a prior incomplete or aborted full session, but anything Tyner played in this period was precious. The larger ensemble recordings present trumpeter Thad Jones as ostensible co-leader, composer of one selection, and lead soloist. Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and alto saxophonist Frank Strozier join forces with Thad Jones to make what some might deem an unlikely front-line triad, but effective enough considering their established individualism. Bassist Butch Warren and drummer Elvin Jones support the six-piece band, the first and only appearance for Warren with Tyner while the pianist was still with John Coltrane. The jewel in this collection is Tyner's "Three Flowers," a keeper that his big bands played prolifically later in life. Here the sextet hits the modal 3/4 beat with a thinner harmony under the lithe, soaring, enduring, and beautiful melody line. The Thad Jones contribution "T 'N A Blues" is an easy, basic, and short 12-bar chart with a phenomenal solo from Gilmore, while "Contemporary Focus" is a down-the-Nile signature sound for the controlled modal power Tyner wields, with Thad Jones belting out his bopping solo. The trio tracks are standards done with hints of other songs to begin with. Tyner fools you into thinking he's taking off on "Impressions" when it's actually "A Night in Tunisia"; "Autumn Leaves" has an improvised modal starting point that is quite spontaneous; and the chiming, wanton ballad "When Sunny Gets Blue" drips with all the pure emotion that Tyner can wring out of a weepy piano. The musicianship is so strong that it's hard to deny the high quality of what is presented here.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
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Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McCoy Tyner, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - McCoy Tyner, MainArtist - Bob Thiele, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Butch Warren, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Frank Strozier, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Gilmore, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Jacques Prevert, Author - Joseph Kosma, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McCoy Tyner, MainArtist - Bob Thiele, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Butch Warren, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Composer, MainArtist - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Frank Strozier, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Gilmore, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McCoy Tyner, MainArtist - Bob Thiele, Producer - JACK SEGAL, ComposerLyricist - MARVIN FISHER, ComposerLyricist
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album Description
McCoy Tyner's fourth studio album has a split personality, with three tracks featuring an intriguing sextet of all-stars, and the rest with his trusty trio, done eight months apart. Perhaps the tracks with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Albert Heath were leftovers from a prior incomplete or aborted full session, but anything Tyner played in this period was precious. The larger ensemble recordings present trumpeter Thad Jones as ostensible co-leader, composer of one selection, and lead soloist. Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and alto saxophonist Frank Strozier join forces with Thad Jones to make what some might deem an unlikely front-line triad, but effective enough considering their established individualism. Bassist Butch Warren and drummer Elvin Jones support the six-piece band, the first and only appearance for Warren with Tyner while the pianist was still with John Coltrane. The jewel in this collection is Tyner's "Three Flowers," a keeper that his big bands played prolifically later in life. Here the sextet hits the modal 3/4 beat with a thinner harmony under the lithe, soaring, enduring, and beautiful melody line. The Thad Jones contribution "T 'N A Blues" is an easy, basic, and short 12-bar chart with a phenomenal solo from Gilmore, while "Contemporary Focus" is a down-the-Nile signature sound for the controlled modal power Tyner wields, with Thad Jones belting out his bopping solo. The trio tracks are standards done with hints of other songs to begin with. Tyner fools you into thinking he's taking off on "Impressions" when it's actually "A Night in Tunisia"; "Autumn Leaves" has an improvised modal starting point that is quite spontaneous; and the chiming, wanton ballad "When Sunny Gets Blue" drips with all the pure emotion that Tyner can wring out of a weepy piano. The musicianship is so strong that it's hard to deny the high quality of what is presented here.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:43
- Main artist: McCoy Tyner
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Jazz
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16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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