McCoy Tyner - Song Of The New World (1973)

Tracklist

01. Afro Blue (Santamaria) 10:01
02. Little Brother (Tyner) 10:12
03. The Divine Love (Tyner) 7:31
04. Some Day (Tyner) 6:50
05. Song of the New World (Tyner) 6:50

personnel :

McCoy Tyner - piano
Sonny Fortune - soprano & alto saxophones, flute
Virgil Jones, Cecil Bridgewater, Jon Faddis - trumpet
Dick Griffin - trombone, bass trombone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Kiani Zawadi - euphonium
Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff, William Warnick III - French horn
Bob Stewart - tuba
Hubert Laws - piccolo, flute
Harry Smyles - oboe
Selwart Clarke, John Blair, Sanford Allen, Winston Collymore, Noel DaCosta, Marie Hence - violin
Julian Barber, Alfred Brown - viola
Ronald Lipscomb - cello
Jooney Booth - bass
Alphonse Mouzon - drums
Sonny Morgan - congas

This set gave pianist McCoy Tyner his first opportunity to write music for a larger group that included brass, flutes, and -- on two of the five songs -- a string section. The powerful pianist is in fine form and the main soloist throughout (although there are spots for trumpeter Virgil Jones and the flute of Sonny Fortune). Most memorable is the title cut and a reworking of "Afro Blue."