Tender Moments

Tender Moments
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Released	September 1968 [1]
Recorded	December 1, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, post-bop, modal jazz
Length	38:00
Label	Blue Note BST 84275
Producer	Francis Wolff
McCoy Tyner chronology
The Real McCoy (1967) Tender Moments (1968) Time for Tyner (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

Tender Moments is the eighth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his second released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in December 1967 and features performances by Tyner with an expanded group featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Julian Priester, French horn player Bob Northern, tuba player Howard Johnson, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Joe Chambers.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "the music is quite colorful and advanced for the period. Well worth investigating". ^[6]

Track listing

1. "Mode to John" - 5:42
2. "Man from Tanganyika" - 6:54
3. "The High Priest" - 6:08
4. "Utopia" - 7:37
5. "All My Yesterdays" - 6:04
6. "Lee Plus Three" - 5:35

All compositions by McCoy Tyner

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Lee Morgan - trumpet
• Herbie Lewis - bass
• Joe Chambers - drums
• Julian Priester - trombone (except “Lee Plus Three”)
• Bob Northern - french horn (except “Lee Plus Three”)
• Howard Johnson - tuba (except “Lee Plus Three”)
• James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute (except “Lee Plus Three”)
• Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone (except “Lee Plus Three”)

References

1. Schwann-1, Record & Tape Guide, 1977
2. Allmusic Review
3. Down Beat: October 17, 1968 vol. 35, no. 21.
4. Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (1992), The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette, London: Penguin Books, p. 1080, ISBN   9780140153644
5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  194. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
6. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 20 February 2009.