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Illuminations (CD)

By: McCoy Tyner (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Illuminations (CD) Album By McCoy Tyner (Artist)
1   Illuminations
2   Angelina
3   New Orleans Stomp
4   Come Rain Or Come Shine
5   Soulstice
6   Blessings
7   If I Should Lose You
8   Chase, The
9   West Philly Tone Poem
10   Alone Together
 

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JazzTimes (p.94) - "[I]n terms of playing quality, thematic variety and expressiveness it's about as good as it gets in the current marketplace....Anyone who's seen McCoy Tyner in concert the past couple of years knows he's still playing fierce, uncompromising and delightful music."

Title Note

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Gary Bartz (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet); Christian McBride (bass instrument); Lewis Nash (drums).

Recording information: Avatar, New York, New York (11/18/2003 - 11/19/2003).

ILLUMINATIONS finds McCoy Tyner, some 40 years after his best-known work (as a member of John Coltrane's legendary early-1960s quartet), still kicking. Tyner's energies as a session leader, composer, and ever-progressive musician haven't flagged since the mid-'60's, when the pianist started heading his own dates. On this 2004 album, as per usual, Tyner has surrounded himself with some of the finest personnel in jazz, including bassist Christian McBride, sax player Gary Bartz, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.

Tyner's music is appealing for its balance of familiar hard-bop vocabulary and intricately wrought structures--it is rhythmic and accessible, yet intellectually engaging. Tyner plays with great vigor, mixing virtuoso classical flourishes with bold chords and dazzlingly complex solos. His compositions here touch on avant-bebop ("The Chase"), Latin groove ("Angelina"), and smooth swing (the title track--on which all the musicians get a chance to stretch out). Blanchard's playing is especially notable, substantiating the melody lines in the chorus and blazing on the solos (as on "New Orleans Stomp," driven by a classic second-line beat). The high quality of music here--in conception and execution--should come as no surprise to long-time fans of Tyner or his sidemen.

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