McCoy Tyner - Reaching Fourth (1996)

Tracklist

01 - Reaching Fourth
02 - Goodbye
03 - Theme for Ernie
04 - Blues Back
05 - Old Devil Moon
06 - Have You Met Miss Jones

Recorded on November 14, 1962.

personnel :

McCoy Tyner - piano
Henry Grimes - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Pianist McCoy Tyner's second set as a leader has as of 1996 not been reissued on CD. Featured in a trio with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Roy Haynes, Tyner performs two of his originals ("Reaching Fourth" and "Blues Back") plus three standards and "Theme For Ernie." One of the two most original and influential pianists to fully emerge in the 1960s (along with Bill Evans), McCoy Tyner's unique chord voicings and ease at playing creatively over vamps pushed the evolution of jazz piano forward quite a bit. This outing, although not as intense as his work with the John Coltrane Quartet, is generally memorable and still sounds quite viable 35 years later. ~ Scott Yanow