Bon Voyage (McCoy Tyner album)

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Bon Voyage
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Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedJune 9, 1987
Genre Jazz
Length54:29
Label Timeless
Producer Wim Wigt
McCoy Tyner chronology
Double Trios
(1986)
Bon Voyage
(1987)
Blues for Coltrane
(1988)
Professional ratings
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Bon Voyage is a 1987 album by McCoy Tyner released on the Timeless label. It was recorded in June 1987 and features performances by Tyner with bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Louis Hayes.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states that although the album is "Not one of McCoy Tyner's better known CDs, this trio session is nevertheless one worth acquiring". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Bon Voyage" - 10:27
  2. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) - 6:11
  3. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 4:31
  4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Brown, Kahn) - 8:51
  5. "Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (Listed incorrectly as Jazz Walk)" - 7:41
  6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 7:12
  7. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:57
  8. "Blues for Max" - 4:39
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2009.