McCoy Tyner: Time For Tyner (Tone Poet Vinyl 180g)

Contents

1. African Village
2. Little Madimba
3. May Street
4. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
5. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
6. I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face

For his third Blue Note album, recorded in 1968, the pianist took a different direction than before, assembling a quartet without horn. The piano and vibraphone-led ensemble lends ethereal textures to the album throughout, but the musicians still deliver a stirring and rousing performance. The 6-song set begins with three extended Tyner originals and ends with three radically renewed standards – a quartet version of “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” followed by a trio version of “Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” before Tyner closes the album with a stunning solo piano performance of “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.”

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered entirely in analog by Kevin Gray from the original tapes, RTI pressing (180g), sturdy deluxe tip-on jacket, padded inner sleeve.