Guitars (McCoy Tyner album)

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Guitars
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)
RecordedSeptember 7 & 25, 2006
StudioClinton Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Label McCoy Tyner Music
McCoy Tyner chronology
Quartet
(2007)
Guitars
(2008)
Solo: Live from San Francisco
(2009)

Guitars is an album by McCoy Tyner released on his McCoy Tyner Music (a subsidiary of Half Note Records) label in 2008. It was recorded in September 2006 and features performances by Tyner, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette, along with electric guitarists Marc Ribot, John Scofield, Derek Trucks and Bill Frisell and banjo player Bela Fleck guesting on multiple tracks. The album package also contains a DVD featuring video footage of the studio sessions. It was Tyner’s final studio album.

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AllMusic critic Michael G. Nastos described the album as "an interesting slice in time, but not a definitive recording in Tyner's legendary and lengthy musical career". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except were indicated

  1. "Improvisation 2" (Marc Ribot, Tyner) – 1:34
  2. "Passion Dance" – 6:10
  3. "500 Miles" (Traditional) – 6:22
  4. "Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane) – 6:21
  5. "Blues on the Corner" – 6:07
  6. "Improvisation 1" (Ribot, Tyner) – 3:46
  7. "Trade Winds" (Bela Fleck) – 6:35
  8. "Amberjack" (Fleck) – 4:36
  9. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 7:01
  10. "Slapback Blues" – 3:46
  11. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 6:15
  12. "Contemplation" – 7:55
  13. "Boubacar" (Bill Frisell) – 2:18
  14. "Baba Drame" (Boubacar Traoré) – 5:21

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed March 6, 2009.