McCoy Tyner: Today And Tomorrow (Verve By Request – Vinyl 180g)

Contents

1. Contemporary Focus
2. Night In Tunisia
3. T ‘N A Blues
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Three Flowers
6. When Sunny Gets Blue

McCoy Tyner recorded his first three studio albums for Impulse! with different, but always top-class classical trio line-ups classical trio line-ups. The pianist only deviated from this pattern in 1963/64 when he when he recorded the material for “Today And Tomorrow” in two sessions. While he played one half of the Program again with a trio, in the other half he can be heard in a sextet with three wind players can be heard. His former partners from the legendary John Coltrane Quartet were also involved in the sessions Coltrane Quartet: Bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones.