1980 studio album by McCoy Tyner
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [2] Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]
Quartets 4 X 4 jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in March and May 1980 by Tyner with bassist Cecil McBee and Al Foster on drums featuring Freddie Hubbard , John Abercrombie , Bobby Hutcherson and Arthur Blythe each for one side of the original double LP . The album was digitally remastered and first issued on a single CD in 1993.
Reception [ ] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This collection is a fine all-around showcase for the brilliant pianist even if no new ground is broken".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz [3]
Track listing [ ] "Inner Glimpse" - 6:18
"Manhã de Carnaval " (Luiz Bonfá , Antônio Maria ) - 5:19
"Paradox" (Cecil McBee ) - 6:51
"Backward Glance" (John Abercrombie ) - 9:11
"Forbidden Land" - 10:39
"Pannonica " (Thelonious Monk ) - 5:57
"I Wanna Stand over There" (Bobby Hutcherson ) - 5:19
"The Seeker" - 7:38
"Blues in the Minor" - 8:05
"Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Harry Revel , Mack Gordon ) - 4:36
"It's You or No One " (Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn ) - 6:27 All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on March 3 (tracks 9–11), 5 (tracks 4–5) and 6 (tracks 6–8), and May 29 (tracks 1–3), 1980. Personnel [ ] References [ ]
^ Allmusic Review ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 196. ISBN 0-394-72643-X ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2006), The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings ,1311f , ISBN 0-141-02327-9 ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 25, 2009.
show Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums
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Wayning Moments Speak No Evil The Soothsayer The All Seeing Eye With
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