 |  | Artist: Tyner, Mccoy | | Title: "Real Mccoy" | | Media: Compact Discs | | Label: CAP | | Rel: 2001-04-01 |  | | List: $12.98 (Save 23%) | | Your Price: $9.95 |
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Review 1
After leaving John's Coltrane musical sphere in 1965, McCoy Tyner continued on his own with singular explorations into modal forms. This session finds his career in an ascendent trajectory, lasering through five of his very finest compositions in warm and understanding company. Frequent session-mate tenor giant Joe Henderson, bassist Ron Carter (still in Miles Davis' band), and fellow Trane alumnus Elvin Jones contribute wisdom and feeling unparalleled. The ebullient "Passion Dance" is fueled by Henderson's sinewy tenor and sparked by Jones' flamboyant cross-rhythms. The relaxed 6/4 groove of "Contemplation" features unfettered solos with Tyner's lines crisp and clean and Elvin dropping bombshells. The tautly structured "Four By Five" gets fluid solos (that omit the two bars of 5/4 in the middle of the head), Henderson charging forward and Tyner unfurling crystalline single-note lines, as he does on his beautiful "Search for Peace," arguably his most enduring favorite. The saucy "Blues on the Corner" takes out this date for the ages with a dash of swagger. | Review 2
2 1/2 years after his last recording as a leader for Impulse, pianist McCoy Tyner emerged to start a period on Blue Note that would result in seven albums. Having left John Coltrane's Quartet in late-1965, Tyner was entering a period of struggle although artistically his playing grew quite a bit in the late 1960's. For this release, the pianist is teamed with tenor-saxophonist Joe Henderson, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Elvin Jones for five of his originals. Highlights of the easily recommended CD reissue include "Passion Dance," "Four By Five" and "Blues On The Corner." | Players
Ron Carter - bass, Joe Henderson - tenor sax, Elvin Jones - drums, McCoy Tyner - piano | Tracks
Passion Dance, Contemplation, Four By Five, Search For Peace, Blues On The Corner |
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