Guitars (McCoy Tyner album)

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

Guitars
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)
RecordedSeptember 7 & 25, 2006
StudioClinton Studios, New York
GenreJazz
LabelMcCoy Tyner Music
McCoy Tyner chronology
Quartet
(2007)		 Guitars
(2008)		 Solo: Live from San Francisco
(2009)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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]

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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