Jazz Roots

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Jazz Roots
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Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
RecordedJune 13 & 14, 2000
Genre Jazz
Label Telarc
McCoy Tyner chronology
McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster
(2000)		Jazz Roots
(2000)		 Land of Giants
(2003)
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Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century is a solo piano album by McCoy Tyner released on the Telarc label in 2000. Tyner said of the recording, "I just wanted to pay homage to my predecessors who made it all possible and to those who are continuing the solo tradition." [3]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Paula Edelstein states, "The songs and artists McCoy Tyner has selected to pay tribute to are all great examples of his excellent ability to blend these various sources of inspiration and his compositional integrity into a coherent, persuasive whole. Nowhere is this clearer or more meaningful than on [this album]." [4]

Track listing

  1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie) - 2:54 (dedicated to Bud Powell)
  2. "Pannonica" (Monk) - 3:37
  3. "My Foolish Heart" (Young) - 4:20 (dedicated to Bill Evans)
  4. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Russell) - 4:26
  5. "Blues for Fatha" - 4:00 (dedicated to Earl Hines)
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) - 4:06 (dedicated to Art Tatum)
  7. "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing, Weiss) - 3:35
  8. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:40
  9. "Happy Days" - 5:50 (dedicated to Keith Jarrett)
  10. "Rio" - 4:57 (dedicated to Chick Corea)
  11. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) - 4:51
  12. "St. Louis Blues" (Handy) - 3:39
  13. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Brooks, Razaf, Waller) - 3:41
  14. "Misty" (Burke, Garner) - 3:06
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated
  • Recorded at Ambient Recording Studio, Stamford, Connecticut on June 13 & 14, 2000

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1428. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Blumenthal, Bob. Liner notes to Jazz Roots, Telarc CD-83507, 2000.
  4. ↑ Edelstein, P. Allmusic Review accessed March 6, 2009.
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