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:  Forces Of Nature:  Live At Slugs (Deluxe Edition) (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:  Blue Note

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

1.  In 'N Out (26:44)

Side B:

 1.  We'll Be Together Again (14:15)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Taing Off (28:18)

Side D:

 1.  The Believer (10:05)

 2.  Isotope (7:03)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone

Henry Grimes:  Bass

Jack DeJohnette:  Drums

Forces Of Nature:  Live At Slugs is a live album by McCoy Tyner, orignally released in 1966 by Blue Note, remastered ad reissued on November 22, 2024 by Blue Note Records, recorded live at Slugs in New York, NY in 1966.  Deluxe Edition 2-LP 180 Gram Set.

Chick Corea Elektric Band

 

Artist:  Chick Corea

Birth Name:  Amando Anthony Corea

Born:  June 2, 1941.  Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Died:  February 9, 2021 (Aged 79).  Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano, Keyboards,Vibraphone, Drums

Chick Corea was an American Jazz Composer, Pianist, Keyboardist, Bandleader and occasional Percussionist.  He was a member of Miles Davis's Band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of Jazz Fusion.  In the 1970s he formed Return To Forever.  He was also along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett.  He is considered one of the foremost Jazz Pianist of the post-John Coltrane.   He continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.

Artist:  Chick Corea Electric Band

Title:  Chick Corea Electric Band (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Label:  Candid

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side 1:

 1.  City Gate (0:54)

 2.  Rumble (4:04)

 3.  Side Walk (3:48)

 4.  Cool Weasel Boogie (6:43)

Side 2:

 1.  Got A Match? (5:38)

 2.  Elektric City (4:07)

 3.  No Zone (5:29)

LP 2:

Side 3:

 1.  King Cockroach (6:56)

 2.  India Town (5:06)

Side 4:

 1.  All Love (5:45)

 2.  Silver Temple (8:32)

Personnel:

Chick Corea:  Keyboards, Syntesizer, Programming

John Patitucci:  Electric & Acoustic Bass

Dave Weckl:   Acoustic & Electronic Drums, Percussion

Scott Henderson:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 3/1, 4/1

Carlos Rios:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/3, 4, 2/2

Chick Corea Electric Band is an album by Chick Corea Electric Band, originally in 1986, remastered and reissued on June 14, 2024 by Candid.  Great Album, and Very Good Jazz Rock Album.

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.

John McLaughlin

 

Artist:  John McLaughlin

Born:  January 4, 1942.  Doncaster, West Riding Of Yorkshire, England

Genre:  Jazz Fusion, Ethno Jazz, World Fusion, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Blues, Nuevo Flamenco, Jazz Rock, Global Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Post Bop, Chamber Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Indian Classical, Classical

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizeer

John McLaughlin is an English Guitarist, Bandleader, and Composer.  A pioneer of Jazz Fusion, His music combines elements of Jazz, with Rock, World Music, Indian Classical Music, Western Classical Music, Flamenco, and Blues.  In 1970, he formed Electric Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, performed a technically virtuosic  and complex style of music Electric Jazz Rock with Indian Influences.  His solo album Miles Beyond from his live at Ronnie Scott's won the 2018 Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.  He has been awarded multiple "Guitarist Of The Year" and "Best Jazz Guitarist" awards from magazines such as Downbeat and Guitar Player based on reader polls in 2003.  He was ranked 49th in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time".

Artist:  John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain

Title:  Is That So? (2020)

Genre:  Jazz Fusion, Ethno Jazz, World Fusion, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Blues, Nuevo Flamenco, Jazz Rock, Global Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Post Bop, Chamber Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Indian Classical, Classical

Label:  Abstract Logix

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Kabir (7:27)

 2.  Sakhi (8:26)

 3.  The Search (8:32)

 4.  Tara (10:49)

 5.  The Guru (7:09)

 6.  The Beloved (9:25)

Personnel:

John McLaughlin:  Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Orchestration

Shankar Mahadevan:  Vocals

Zakir Hussain:  Tabla

Is That So? is the musical collaboration album by John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, was released on January 17, 2020 by Abstract Logix, is new concept in the meeting of musicians, singers, percussionists and the musician cultures of the East and West to be musical horizons.

Jack Wilson

 

Artist:  Jack Wilson

Born:  August 3, 1936.  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:  October 5, 2007 (Aged 71)

Genre:  Jazz, R&B, Global Jazz, Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop

Occupation:  Musician, Composer

Instruments:  Piano

Jack Wilson was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer from Chicago, Illinois.  He briefly played Baritone Saxophone, and later Piano with musicians such as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, he joined Dinah Washington.

Title:  Easterly Winds (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, R&B, Global Jazz, Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Do It (6:25)

 2.  On Children (5:25)

 3.  A Time For Love (5:46)

Side B:

 1.  Easterly Winds (5:55)

 2.  Nirvana (6:34)

 3.  Frank's Tune (8:00)

Personnel:

Jack Wilson:  Piano

Lee Morgan:  Trump;et on Tracks:  A1, 2, B1-3

Garnett Brown:  Trombone on Tracks:  A1, 2, B1-3

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  A1, 2, B1-3

Bob CRamshaw:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Easterly Winds is a 1968 album by Jack Wilson, originally released on February 1968 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on November 3, 2023 by Blue Note.  Audiophile  180 Gram Vinyl.

Sun Ra

 

Artist:   Sun Ra

Birth Name:  Herman Poole Blount

Born:  May 2, 1914.  Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Died:  May 30, 1993 (Aged 79).  Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Experimental, Space, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz, African Jazz, Global Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Mixed Media, Progressive Jazz, Swing

Occupation:  Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Artist, Poet

Instruments:  Keyboards, Vocals

Sun Ra was an American Jazz Composer Bandleader, Piano and Synthesizer Player, and Poet,, known for his Experimental Music.  His widely Avante-Garde Music, Swing Music, Bebop, Free Jazz, and Fusion.

Title:  Space Is The Place (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Experimental, Space, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz, African Jazz, Global Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Mixed Media, Progressive Jazz, Swing

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Space Is The Place (21:14)

Side 2:

 1.  Images (6:15)

 2.  Discipline (4:50)

 3.  Sea Of Sounds (7:42)

 4.  Rocket Number Nine (2:50)

Personnel:

Sun Ra:  Farfisa Organ on Tracks:  1/1, 2/2-4, Piano  on Track 2/1

Akh Tal Ebah:  Vocals  on Track 1/1, Trumpet  on Track 2/1, Flugelhorn  on Track 2/3

Marshall Allan:  Flute  on Track 2/2, Alto Saxophone  on Track 2/3

Danny Davis:  Flute  on Track 2/2, Alto Saxophone  on Track 2/3

John Gilmore:  Vocals  on Track  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4, Tenor Saxophone  on Tracks:  2/1-3

Eloe Omoe:   Bass Clarinet  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4, Flute  on Track 2/2

Pat Patrick:  Bass Guitar  on Tracks:  1/1, 2, Baritone Saxophone  on Track e2/3, Vocals  on Track 2/4

Lex Humphries:  Drums  on Track 2/3

Atakatun (Stanley Morgan):  Percussion  on Track 2/3

Odun (Russel Branch):  Percussion  on Track 2/3

Space Ethnic Voices:

June Tyson:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4

Ruth Wright:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4

Cheryl Banks:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4

Judith Holton:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4

Space Is The Place is a studio album by Sun Ra, originally released in 1973 by Blue Thumb, remastered and reissued on September 8, 2023 by Verve Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.