Live at Sweet Basil (McCoy Tyner album)

Live at Sweet Basil
Live album by McCoy Tyner
Released	1989
Recorded	May 19 & 20 1989
Genre	Jazz
Length	92:07
Label	King
Producer	Horst Liepolt
McCoy Tyner chronology
Uptown/Downtown (1988)Uptown/Downtown1988 Live at Sweet Basil (1989) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1989)Things Ain't What They Used to Be1989

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Live at Sweet Basil is a 1989 live album by McCoy Tyner released on the Japanese King label. It was recorded in May 1989 and features performances by Tyner's trio which included Avery Sharpe and Aaron Scott at the Sweet Basil jazz club in New York City. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "a definitive look at McCoy Tyner in the late '80s".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Crescent" (Coltrane) – 10:29
2. "Monk's Dream" (Monk) – 9:35
3. "Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) – 8:18
4. "Sweet Basil Swing" – 6:30
5. "'Round Midnight" (Monk) – 9:51
6. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) – 9:55
7. "Rio" – 8:47
8. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 4:20
9. "Just in Time" (Comden, Green, Styne) – 10:45
10. "Naima" (Coltrane) – 2:51
11. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Adair, Dennis) – 10:46

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• Recorded at Sweet Basil, NYC, May 19 & 20, 1989.

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Avery Sharpe – bass
• Aaron Scott – drums

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