McCoy Tyner Discography  
 

McCoy Tyner Trio

McCoy Tyner (p) Henry Grimes (b) Roy Haynes (d)

VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 14, 1962
Reaching Fourth Impulse A 33
Goodbye -
Blues Back -
Have You Met Miss Jones? -
Old Devil Moon -
Theme for Ernie -

* Reaching Fourth (Impulse A 33)

 
Review:Pianist McCoy Tyner's second set as a leader has as of 1996 not been reissued on
CD. Featured in a trio with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Roy Haynes, Tyner
performs two of his originals ("Reaching Fourth" and "Blues Back") plus three
standards and "Theme For Ernie." One of the two most original and influential
pianists to fully emerge in the 1960s (along with Bill Evans), McCoy Tyner's
unique chord voicings and ease at playing creatively over vamps pushed the
evolution of jazz piano forward quite a bit. This outing, although not as
intense as his work with the John Coltrane Quartet, is generally memorable and
still sounds quite viable 35 years later. — Scott Yanow