McCoy Tyner proved early on he was one of the most versatile pianists in jazz.
His star, of course, rose with his boss John Coltrane's, yet Tyner held a separate identity in the music.
His volume on the Impulse Story series is a fine picture of his creativity, discipline, and wide-ranging ability to play inside and outside the tradition.
There are 11 cuts collected here.
The set opens with Tyner's arrangement of "Greensleeves" used on Coltrane's Ballads album.
There are two -- "Speak Low" and "Effendi" -- from his own label debut, Inception (with drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Art Davis); and another pair of cuts -- "Groove Waltz" and "Star Eyes" -- off Nights of Ballads and Blues.
The rest of the material is taken from an assortment of records from his own titles -- Live at Newport, Today and Tomorrow, and McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington -- and those of others on the label such as "Blues Back" from Art Blakey's A Jazz Message, and "Oriental Flower" from the Jones-Jimmy Garrison outing Illumination! This is a cogent portrait of the artist from his tenure at Impulse, and showcases everything from the modal technique used with Coltrane to his unique voicings on standards, and his compositional skills as well.
This is an excellent introduction.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GreensleevesTraditional | McCoy Tyner | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 2 | Speak LowOgden Nash, Kurt Weill | McCoy Tyner | Play | 06:16 | 14 MB | 37 MB |
| 3 | EffendiMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 06:39 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 4 | Reaching FourthMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Groove WaltzMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Star EyesGene DePaul, Don Raye | McCoy Tyner | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Newport RompMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 07:47 | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| 8 | Blues BackMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Oriental FlowerMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 10 | Three FlowersMcCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner | Play | 10:13 | 23 MB | 64 MB |
| 11 | Searchin'Steve Allen, Duke Ellington | McCoy Tyner | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 63 mins | 144 MB | |||||
| 63 mins | 370 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Allen | Composer |
| 2 | Art Blakey | Drums |
| 3 | John Coltrane | Sax (Soprano) |
| 4 | Bob Cranshaw | Bass |
| 5 | Art Davis | Bass |
| 6 | Charles Davis | Sax (Baritone) |
| 7 | Steve Davis | Bass |
| 8 | Gene DePaul | Composer |
| 9 | Duke Ellington | Composer |
| 10 | Robert Flynn | Design |
| 11 | Jimmy Garrison | Bass |
| 12 | John Gilmore | Sax (Tenor) |
| 13 | Bob Gomel | Photography |
| 14 | Henry Grimes | Bass |
| 15 | Roy Haynes | Drums |
| 16 | Lex Humphries | Drums |
| 17 | Bob Irwin | Mastering |
| 18 | Elvin Jones | Drums |
| 19 | Thad Jones | Trumpet |
| 20 | Ashley Kahn | Liner Notes, Sequencing |
| 21 | Hollis King | Art Direction |
| 22 | Bryan Koniarz | Supervisor |
| 23 | Prince Lasha | Clarinet |
| 24 | Charlie Mariano | Sax (Alto) |
| 25 | Jim Marshall | Photography |
| 26 | Kazumi Matsumoto | Design |
| 27 | Ogden Nash | Composer |
| 28 | Johnny Pacheco | Percussion |
| 29 | Jayme Pieruzzi | Mastering |
| 30 | Don Raye | Composer |
| 31 | Willie Rodriguez | Percussion |
| 32 | Mickey Roker | Drums |
| 33 | Sonny Simmons | Horn (English) |
| 34 | Sherniece Smith | Art Producer |
| 35 | Chuck Stewart | Photography |
| 36 | Sonny Stitt | Sax (Alto) |
| 37 | Frank Strozier | Sax (Alto) |
| 38 | Clark Terry | Trumpet |
| 39 | Bob Thiele | Producer |
| 40 | Traditional | Composer |
| 41 | McCoy Tyner | Arranger, Composer, Piano, Primary Artist |
| 42 | Butch Warren | Bass |
| 43 | Kurt Weill | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |