Afro Blue (McCoy Tyner album)

Afro Blue is a jazz album by musician McCoy Tyner, released on November 13, 2007. It compiles recordings from his albums on Telarc Records, documenting his eight-year tenure with the label.

Afro Blue
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2007 (2007-11-13)
Recorded1998-2003
GenreJazz, Latin Jazz
Length54:25
LabelTelarc
ProducerElaine Martone
McCoy Tyner chronology
Quartet
(2006)
Afro Blue
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazzfavorable[1]
Allmusic[2]
JazzTimesmixed[3]
Record Collector[4]

Track listing

  1. "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaría) – 12:23
  2. "If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 6:24
  3. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:39
  4. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 7:50
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) – 4:51
  6. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerome Brainin) – 4:52
  7. "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:51
  8. "Carriba" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:38

1 & 7 from McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (1999)

6 & 8 from McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (2000)

3 & 5 from Jazz Roots (2000)

4 from Land of Giants (2003)

2 from Illuminations (2004)

Personnel

References

  1. All About Jazz
  2. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Afro Blue - McCoy Tyner". Allmusic. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. Conrad, Thomas (January–February 2008). "Jazz Albums: Afro BlueMcCoy Tyner". JazzTimes. Quincy. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  4. "Review: Afro Blue". Record Collector. London: 96. January 2008.
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