McCoy Tyner

 

Artist:  McCoy Tyner 

Birth Name:  Afred McCoy Tyner

Born:  December 11, 1938.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:   March 6, 2020 (Aged 81).  New Jersey, USA

Genre:   Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation:   Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano

McCoy Tyner was an American Jazz Pianist, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.  He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Winner.  Not a player of electric Keyboards and Synthesizers,  he was committed to Acoustic Instrumentation.  He was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in Jazz History.

Title:   Tenor Moment (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)  (2020)

Genre:   Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Mode To John  (5:42)

 2.  Man From Tanganyika  (6:54)

 3.  The High Priest  (6:08)

Side 2:

 1.  Utopia  (7:37)

 2.  All My Yesterdays  (6:04)

 3.  Lee Plus Three  (5:35)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Herbie Lewis:  Bass

Joe Chambers:  Drums

Julian Priester:  Trombone Except Track 6 Side 2

Bob Northern:  French Horn Except Track 6 Side 2

Howard Johnson;  Tuba Except Track 6 Side 2

James Spaulding:  Alto Saxophone, Flute Except Track 6 Side 2

Bennie Maupin:  Tenor Saxophone Except Track 6 Side 2

Tenor Moment is the eighth album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on September 1968 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on September 26, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Lee Morgan, Herbie Lewis, Joe Chambers and more!. 180 Gram Vinyl.