McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington

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McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedAugust 1965[1]
RecordedDecember 2 & 7-8, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length32:08 original LP
48:26 CD reissue
LabelImpulse!
A-79
ProducerBob Thiele
McCoy Tyner chronology
Live at Newport
(1964) 		McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington
(1965) 		The Real McCoy
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington is the sixth album by American jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was recorded in December 1964 and released on the Impulse! label in 1965. It features performances by Tyner with his John Coltrane bandmates: bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones. Percussionists Willie Rodriguez and Johnny Pacheco appear on four of the tracks. It would be Tyner's last effort for the label, before signing with Blue Note.

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "This is an excellent outing that displays both Tyner's debt to the jazz tradition and his increasingly original style".[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Duke's Place" (Ellington, Katz, Thiele) - 3:18
  2. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) - 3:32
  3. "Solitude" (DeLange, Ellington, Mills) - 5:09
  4. "Searchin'" (Allen, Ellington) - 4:33
  5. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Baker, Ellington) - 6:28
  6. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) - 4:10
  7. "Gypsy Without a Song" (Ellington, Gordon, Lou Singer, Tizol) - 4:58

Bonus tracks on CD:

  2. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:02
  3. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Webster) - 5:57
  4. "Gypsy Without a Song" [Alternate Take] - 6:14

Recorded on December 2 (#8, 9), 7 (#3, 5, 7, 10) & 8 (#1, 2, 4, 6), 1964

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Billboard September 11, 1965
  2. ^ Allmusic Review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1425. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 20, 2009.
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