McCoy Tyner Discography  
 

McCoy Tyner Septet

Woody Shaw (tp) Gary Bartz (as, wooden fl) Wayne Shorter (ts, cl) McCoy Tyner (p) Ron Carter (cello) Herbie Lewis (b) Freddie Waits (d)

VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 23, 1968
3090 tk.1 Song of Happiness Blue Note BST 84338
3091 tk.7 Vision -
3092 tk.12 Peresina -
3093 tk.21 Smitty's Place -
3094 tk.27 I Thought I'd Let You Know -

* Expansions (Blue Note BST 84338)

 
Review:Of pianist McCoy Tyner's seven Blue Note albums of the 1967-1970 period,
Expansions is the most definitive. Tyner's group (comprised of trumpeter Woody
Shaw, altoist Gary Bartz, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter on cello,
bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Freddie Waits) is particularly strong, the
compositions (four Tyner originals plus Calvin Massey's "I Thought I'd Let You
Know") are challenging, and the musicians seem quite inspired by each other's
presence. The stimulating music falls between advanced hard bop and the
avant-garde, pushing and pulling at the boundaries of modern mainstream jazz. —
Scott Yanow