Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)

Revelations
Live album by
McCoy Tyner
Released1989
RecordedOctober 25–27, 1988
VenueMerkin Hall, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelBlue Note
McCoy Tyner chronology
Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe
(1987) 		Revelations
(1989) 		Uptown/Downtown
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Revelations is an album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was Tyner's first solo piano album since Echoes of a Friend (1972) and first Blue Note recording (apart from 1985's It's About Time with Jackie McLean) since Asante (1970). It was recorded in October 1988 and features thirteen solo performances by Tyner recorded at Merkin Hall. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "This is a rather special project from one of the finest jazz pianists of the past 35 years".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:40
  2. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:12
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) - 3:36
  4. "View from the Hill" - 4:03
  5. "Lazy Bird" (Coltrane) - 3:55
  6. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 5:41
  7. "Rio" - 4:43
  8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 3:59
  9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:35
  10. "Contemplation" - 5:27
  11. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prévert) - 4:08 Bonus track on CD
  12. "Peresina" - 6:08 Bonus track on CD
  13. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated
  • Recorded at Merkin Hall, NYC, October 25 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), 26 (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8 & 13) and 27 (tracks 4, 11 & 12), 1988

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 3, 2009.