''Reaching Fourth'' is the second album by
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pianist
McCoy Tyner
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which was released on the
Impulse!
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label in 1963. It features performances by Tyner with bassist
Henry Grimes
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After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music s ...
and drummer
Roy Haynes
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.
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review by
Scott Yanow
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Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles a ...
states that the album "although not as intense as his work with the
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Born and rai ...
Quartet, is generally memorable and still sounds quite viable 35 years later".
[Yanow, S. ]Allmusic Review
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accessed February 19, 2009.
Track listing
# "Reaching Fourth" (Tyner) - 4:21
# "
Goodbye" (
Jenkins) - 5:46
# "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) - 6:00
# "Blues Back" (Tyner) - 6:54
# "Old Devil Moon"
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