A 70th birthday celebration of the music of pianist McCoy Tyner
featuring tracks from the albums The Real McCoy, Live at the Village Vanguard (with John Coltrane), Nights of Ballads and Blues, Echoes of a Friend, Infinity, Atlantis, Supertrios, Ole Coltrane (with John Coltrane), Focal Point, Sahara, Extensions, Uptown/ Downtown, Inception, McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington, Soliloquy and The Turning Point
with John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Azar Lawrence, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Reggie Workman, Sonny Fortune, Joe Ford, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Garrison, Calvin Hill, Art Davis, Steve Davis, Avery Sharpe, Charles Fambrough, Joony Booth, Tony Williams, Lex Humphries, Aaron Scott, Alphonse Mouzon, Eric Gravatt, Wilby Fletcher, Guilherme Franco and Elvin Jones
All tracks feature McCoy Tyner (piano), with-
[1'14] Four by Five (The Real McCoy, Blue Note 1967) Joe Henderson- ts; Ron Carter- b; Elvin Jones- d
[7'47] Star Eyes (Nights of Ballads and Blues, Impulse 1963) Steve Davis- b; Lex Humphries- d
[12'47] with John Coltrane- Aisha (Ole Coltrane, Atlantic 1961) Freddie Hubbard- tp; Coltrane- ts; Eric Dolphy- as; Reggie Workman- b; Elvin Jones- d
[20'23] Rebirth (Sahara, Milestone 1972) Sonny Fortune- as, ss, fl; Calvin Hill- b; Alphonse Mouzon- d
[25'40] Naima (Echoes of a Friend, Milestone 1972)
[32'14] The High Priest (The Turning Point, Birdology 1991) Kamau Adilifu, Earl Gardner, Virgil Jones- tp; Frank Lacy, Steve Turre- tb; John Clark- Frh; Howard Johnson- tu; Doug Harris- ss, fl; Joe Ford- as; Junior Cook, John Stubblefield- ts; Tyner- p; Avery Sharpe- b; Aaron Scott- d; Jerry Gonzalez- perc; Bob Belden- cond
[37'24] Theme for Nana (Focal Point, Milestone 1976) Joe Ford- fl; Charles Fambrough- b; Eric Gravatt- d
[42'36] Moment's Notice (Supertrios, Milestone 1977) Ron Carter- b; Tony Williams- d
[48'23] Changes (Infinity, Impulse 1995) Michael Brecker- ts; Avery Sharpe- b; Aaron Scott- d
[58'05] with John Coltrane- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Live at the Village Vanguard, Impulse 1961) Coltrane- ss; Reggie Workman- b; Elvin Jones- d
[64'32] Inception (Inception, Impulse 1962) Art Davis- b; Elvin Jones- d
[68'57] Española (Soliloquy, Blue Note 1991)
[72'53] Pursuit (Atlantis, Milestone 1974) Azar Lawrence- ts, ss; Joony Booth- b; Wilby Fletcher- d; Guilherme Franco- perc
[82'09] Love Surrounds Us (Uptown/ Downtown, Milestone 1988) Kamau Adilifu, Earl Gardner, Virgil Jones- tp; Robin Eubanks, Steve Turre- tb; John Clark- frh; Howard Johnson- tu; Joe Ford, Doug Harris- as, ss, fl; Junior Cook, Ricky Ford- ts; Avery Sharpe- elb; Louis Hayes- d; Steve Thornton- perc
[90'42] Gypsy Without a Song (McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington, Impulse 1964) Jimmy Garrison- b; Elvin Jones- d
[95'35] The Wanderer (Extensions, Blue Note 1970) Wayne Shorter- ss, ts; Gary Bartz- as; Ron Carter- b; Elvin Jones- d
[103'14]
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