Revelations_(McCoy_Tyner_album)

<i>Revelations</i> (McCoy Tyner album)

Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)

1989 live album by McCoy Tyner

Revelations is an album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was Tyner's first solo piano album since Echoes of a Friend (1972) and first Blue Note recording (apart from 1985's It's About Time with Jackie McLean) since Asante (1970). It was recorded in October 1988 and features thirteen solo performances by Tyner recorded at Merkin Hall. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "This is a rather special project from one of the finest jazz pianists of the past 35 years".[2]

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Track listing

  1. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:40
  2. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:12
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) - 3:36
  4. "View from the Hill" - 4:03
  5. "Lazy Bird" (Coltrane) - 3:55
  6. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 5:41
  7. "Rio" - 4:43
  8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 3:59
  9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:35
  10. "Contemplation" - 5:27
  11. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prévert) - 4:08 Bonus track on CD
  12. "Peresina" - 6:08 Bonus track on CD
  13. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated
  • Recorded at Merkin Hall, NYC, October 25 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), 26 (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8 & 13) and 27 (tracks 4, 11 & 12), 1988

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic Review
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 3, 2009.
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