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| Together |
| McCoy Tyner |
első megjelenés éve: 1979
42 perc |
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| (1997)
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| 3.324 Ft
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| 1. | Nubia
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| 2. | Shades of Light
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| 3. | Bayou Fever
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| 4. | One of Another Kind
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| 5. | Ballad for Aisha
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| 6. | Highway One
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Jazz / Post-Bop
Recorded: August 31-September 3, 1978, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
McCoy Tyner - piano
Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute
Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba
Stanley Clarke - acoustic bass
Bill Summers - congas, percussion
There is a great idea behind this super-session that makes it work better than most. Not only were a group of old friends assembled to accompany McCoy Tyner, but four of the all-stars contributed compositions to supplement the pianist's originals. Two of the new tunes became classics, Freddie Hubbard's "One of Another Kind" and Bobby Hutcherson's "Highway One," while Hubert Laws's dancing "Shades of Light" and Jack DeJohnette's atmospheric "Bayou Fever" are also strong melodies and provide excellent contrast. There is great soloing throughout (hear Bennie Maupin's tenor on the Hubbard tune and the flugelhornist's beautiful turn on Tyner's "Song for Aisha" for two examples), and the leader galvanizes the whole proceedings with strength and invention, plus a knack for showing off his guests at their best. Tyner albums featuring groups of this size are among his most memorable, and Together belongs with such earlier triumphs as Today and Tomorrow and Expansions near the pinnacle of his discography.
McCoy Tyner
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 11, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Early Creative, Modern Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Avant-Garde Jazz
It is to McCoy Tyner's great credit that his career after John Coltrane has been far from anti-climatic. Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years, with his chord voicings being adopted and utilized by virtually every younger pianist. A powerful virtuoso and a true original (compare his playing in the early '60s with anyone else from the time), Tyner (like Thelonious Monk) has not altered his style all that much from his early days but he has continued to grow and become even stronger.
Tyner grew up in Philadelphia, where Bud Powell and Richie Powell were neighbors. As a teenager he gigged locally and met John Coltrane. He made his recording debut with the Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet, but after six months left the group to join Coltrane in what (with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones) would become the classic quartet. Few other pianists of the period had both the power and the complementary open-minded style to inspire Coltrane, but Tyner was never overshadowed by the innovative saxophonist. During the Coltrane years (1960-1965), the pianist also led his own record dates for Impulse.
After leaving Coltrane, Tyner struggled for a period, working as a sideman (with Ike and Tina Turner, amazingly) and leading his own small groups; his recordings were consistently stimulating even during the lean years. After he signed with Milestone in 1972, Tyner began to finally be recognized as one of the greats, and he has never been short of work since. Although there have been occasional departures (such as a 1978 all-star quartet tour with Sonny Rollins and duo recordings with Stephane Grappelli), Tyner has mostly played with his own groups since the '70s, which have ranged from a quartet with Azar Lawrence and a big band to his trio. In the '80s and '90s, Tyner did the rounds of labels (his old homes Blue Note and Impulse! as well as Verve, Enja, and Milestone) before settling in with Telarc in the late '90s and releasing a fine series of albums including 2000's Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century and 2004's Illuminations. In 2007, Tyner returned with the studio album McCoy Tyner Quartet featuring saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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