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McCoy Tyner's fourth studio album has a split personality, with three tracks featuring an intriguing sextet of all-stars, and the rest with his trusty trio, done eight months apart. Perhaps the tracks with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Albert Heath were leftovers from a prior incomplete or aborted full session, but anything Tyner played in this period was precious. The larger ensemble recordings present trumpeter Thad Jones as ostensible co-leader, composer of one selection, and lead soloist. Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and alto saxophonist Frank Strozier join forces with Thad Jones to make what some might deem an unlikely front-line triad, but effective enough considering their established individualism. Bassist Butch Warren and drummer Elvin Jones support the six-piece band, the first and only appearance for Warren with Tyner while the pianist was still with John Coltrane.
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Article number:00602458355093
- Transferred from Analog Tapes (Remastered).
Side A
- Contemporary Focus
- Night In Tunisia
- T 'N A Blues
Side B
- Autumn Leaves
- Three Flowers
- When Sunny Gets Blue
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ArtistMcCoy Tyner
GenreJazz
MediaLP
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