McCoy Tyner Big Band - The Turning Point (1991) 320 kbps

Tracklist

01. Passion Dance (9:07)
02. Let It Go (9:15)
03. High Priest (5:16)
04. Angel Eyes (5:19)
05. Fly With The Wind (11:55)
06. Update (8:17)
07. In A Sentimental Mood (6:08)

personnel :

McCoy Tyner: piano
Kamau Adilifu-Earl Gardner-Virgil Jones: trumpets
Steve Turre-Frank Lacy: trombones
John Clark: french horn, hornette
Howard Johnson: tuba
Doug Harris: soprano sax, flute
Joe Ford: alto sax
John Stubblefield-Junior Cook: tenor sax
Avery Sharpe: bass
Aaron Scott: drums
Jerry Gonzalez: percussion

This recording may not have been an actual "turning point" in pianist McCoy Tyner's productive career but its success gave momentum to his big band. Although only a part-time affair, Tyner's orchestra (seven brass, four reeds and a four-piece rhythm section) is considered one of the major jazz big bands of the 1990s, a perfect outlet for the leader's percussive and modal-oriented piano. With arrangements by Tyner, Dennis Mackrel, Slide Hampton, Steve Turre and Howard Johnson, many of these performances are quite powerful. It is a pity though that the liners do not identify the soloists since there are several that are quite colorful. Recommended.~Scott Yanow