Guitars (McCoy Tyner album)

Guitars
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Released June 22, 2008
Recorded September 7 & 25, 2006
Studio Clinton Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Label McCoy Tyner Music
McCoy Tyner chronology
Quartet
(2007)Quartet2007		 Guitars
(2008)		 Solo: Live from San Francisco
(2009)Solo: Live from San Francisco2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Guitars is an album by McCoy Tyner released on his McCoy Tyner Music (a subsidiary of Half Note Records) label in 2008. It was recorded in September 2006 and features performances by Tyner, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette with guitarists Marc Ribot, John Scofield, Béla Fleck, Derek Trucks, and Bill Frisell. AllMusic critic Michael G. Nastos described the album as "an interesting slice in time, but not a definitive recording in Tyner's legendary and lengthy musical career".[2]

The album also contains a DVD featuring video footage of the studio sessions.

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except were indicated

  1. "Improvisation 2" (Marc Ribot, Tyner) – 1:34
  2. "Passion Dance" – 6:10
  3. "500 Miles" (Traditional) – 6:22
  4. "Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane) – 6:21
  5. "Blues on the Corner" – 6:07
  6. "Improvisation 1" (Ribot, Tyner) – 3:46
  7. "Trade Winds" (Bela Fleck) – 6:35
  8. "Amberjack" (Fleck) – 4:36
  9. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 7:01
  10. "Slapback Blues" – 3:46
  11. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 6:15
  12. "Contemplation" – 7:55
  13. "Boubacar" (Bill Frisell) – 2:18
  14. "Baba Drame" (Boubacar Traoré) – 5:21

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed March 6, 2009.
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