Horizon (McCoy Tyner album)
Horizon | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1980[1] | |||
Recorded | April 24 & 25, 1979 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:11 (original LP) | |||
Label | Milestone | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Horizon is a 1979 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in April 1979 and features performances by Tyner with Joe Ford, George Adams, John Blake, Charles Fambrough, Al Foster and Guilherme Franco.
Reception[]
The Allmusic review by states "Tyner realizes a perfectly balanced, extroverted, compatible and utterly unique front line. It enables him to offer some of the most remarkable, memorable and powerful music of his career".[4]
Track listing[]
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where noted
- "Horizon" - 12:01
- "Woman of Tomorrow" (Blake) - 7:41
- "Motherland" (Blake) 7:17
- "One for Honor" (Fambrough) - 4:29
- "Just Feelin'" - 7:44
- "Horizon" [alternate take] - 11:46 Bonus track on 2007 reissue
Personnel[]
- McCoy Tyner: piano
- Joe Ford: alto saxophone (track 3), soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 5 & 6), flute (track 2)[1]
- George Adams: tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), flute (track 2)
- John Blake: violin (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
- Charles Fambrough: bass
- Al Foster: drums
- Guilherme Franco: congas (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Horizon (McCoy Tyner album) at Discogs
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 196. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Nastos, M. Allmusic Review accessed February 25, 2009.
Categories:
- McCoy Tyner albums
- 1979 albums
- Milestone Records albums
- Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio