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:  Today And Tomorrow (2024)

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:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Contemporary Focus (8:28)

 2.  T.N.A. Blues (4:05)

 3.  Three Flowers (10:12)

 

Side B:

 1.  A Night In Tunisia (5:07)

 2.  Autumn Leaves (6:10)

 3.  When Sunny Gets Blue (4:42)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Thad Jones:  Trumpet

Frank Strozier:  Alto Saxophone

John Gilmore:  Tenor Saxophone

Butch Warren:  Bass on Tracks:  A1-3

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass on Tracks:  B1-3

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  A1-3

Tootie Heath:  Drums on Tracks:  B1-3

Today And Tomorrow is the fourth album by McCoy Tyner, originally released on July, 1964 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on January 12, 2024 by Verve Records.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.