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| McCoy Tyner Discography | |
McCoy Tyner SeptetGary Bartz, Joe Ford (as, ss) Ron Bridgewater (ts, as, ss) McCoy Tyner (p) Charles Fambrough (b) Eric Kamau Gravatt (d) Guilherme Franco (per) NYC, Aug 4-7 1976
* Focal Point (Milestone M 9072; Fantasy OJCCD 1009 2) |
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| Review:In an attempt to avoid sameness, most of pianist McCoy Tyner's Milestone records of the 1970's used different instrumentation from each other. On this CD reissue, Tyner and his 1976 trio (with bassist Charles Fambrough and drummer Eric Gravatt) are joined by a trio of talented reed players (Gary Bartz, Joe Ford and Ron Bridgewater) and percussionist Guilherme Franco for three of Tyner's originals; in addition Ford is the only horn on his feature "Theme For Nana" and "Parody" is a Tyner-Gravatt duet. Because virtually all of McCoy Tyner's records are superior examples of modal-oriented jazz, this gem is merely an above-average effort. — Scott Yanow |
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