Journey (McCoy Tyner Album)
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''Journey'' is an album by
McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA J ...
's Big Band released on the Birdology label in 1993. It was recorded in May 1993 and fcontains performances by Tyner's Big Band, which included the trombonists Steve Turre and Frank Lacy, alto saxophonist Joe Ford, tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, double bass player Avery Sharpe and drummer Aaron Scott. Dianne Reeves sings
Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premie ...
's lyrics on Tyner's classic composition "You Taught My Heart to Sing".


Reception

The ''
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'' review by Ron Wynn says, "While this isn't among Tyner's greatest recordings, it's still a rigorous, often exciting big-band date."Wynn, R. ''Allmusic'' review Retrieved March 5, 2009.


Track listing

# "Samba Dei Ber" (Rangelov) - 4:20 # "Juanita" (Turre) 11:00 # "Choices" ( Mackrel) - 11:17 # "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (
Cahn Cahn is a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Kahn. People with the surname Cahn * Andrew Cahn (born 1951), British civil servant * Anne Hessing Cahn (c. 1930–2024), German-born American political auth ...
, Tyner) - 6:17 # "Peresina" - 11:15 # "Blues on the Corner" - 9:29 # "January in Brasil" (Sharpe) - 6:04 :''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated'' :*Recorded in NYC, November 19 & 20, 1991


Personnel

* McCoy Tyner – piano,
arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...
* Eddie Henderson – trumpet * Earl Gardner – trumpet * Virgil Jones – trumpet * Frank Lacy – trombone *
Slide Hampton Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombone, jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tub ...
; trombone (track 1) * Steve Turre – trombone, arranger * John Clark – French horn * Tony Underwood – tuba * Joe Ford – alto saxophone * Doug Harris – alto saxophone, flute * Billy Harper – tenor saxophone * John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone * Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (track 1) * Avery Sharpe – double bass * Aaron Scott – drums * Jerry Gonzalez – percussion, trumpet * Valtinho Anastacio – percussion (track 1) * Dianne Reeves – vocals (track 4)


References

{{Authority control McCoy Tyner albums 1993 albums Verve Records albums