Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'

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Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'
Live album by
McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson
ReleasedNovember 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)
Recorded1966
Venue Slugs' Saloon, New York City
Genre
Length86:25
Label Blue Note
Producer
McCoy Tyner chronology
Solo: Live from San Francisco
(2009)		Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'
(2024)
Joe Henderson chronology
More from an Evening with Joe Henderson
(2009)		Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'
(2024)

Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' is a live album by pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Joe Henderson, featuring bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Originally recorded at Slugs' Saloon in New York City in 1966, it was released on November 22, 2024, as an album by Blue Note Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]

Matt Collar of AllMusic stated: "While this quartet would remain a one-off alliance, their sound has the unified cohesion of a road-tested ensemble, and Forces of Nature is the kind of sonically overwhelming album that leaves you grappling with what you just experienced in the best way." [1] Mike Jurkovic, writing for All About Jazz , complimented the album, which "rewards all expectations and then some", continuing: "It is a crazed charge that the duo mashes with a contagious, barely contained joy and exuberance." [3] In an article for NPR Music, Nate Chinen wrote that the album "captures a moment when post-bop articulacy and avant-garde fervor were in molten dialogue. If it hasn't already, it will cement Joe Henderson's stature as a first-tier tenor saxophone titan, and deepen reverence for McCoy Tyner's genius at the piano." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Henderson except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In 'N Out" 26:44
2."We'll Be Together Again"
14:15
Total length:40:59
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Taking Off"
  • DeJohnette
  • Grimes
  • Henderson
  • Tyner
28:18
4."The Believer"Tyner10:05
5."Isotope" 7:03
Total length:45:26 86:25

Personnel

Music

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 Collar, Matt. "Joe Henderson / McCoy Tyner - Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, 'Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'' Never-before-issued 1966 Recording Out Now". Blue Note . November 22, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Jurkovic, Mike (November 10, 2024). "McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'". All About Jazz . Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Chinen, Nate (December 12, 2024). "The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024". NPR Music . Retrieved December 14, 2025.
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