Impulse Albums Collection (CD)

Born in Philadelphia on 11th December 1938, as a youth McCoy Tyner was encouraged to study piano by his mother and began lessons at age 13. Within two years music had become the focal point in his life and Tyner was playing on his neighbour's instrument, but his family soon invested in one of his own for the budding musician, following which he began hosting jam sessions at home. Among his friends were a number of other young musos who would go on to make their mark in the field of jazz, including Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Bobby Timmons, Reggie Workman, and most notably, fellow pianist Bud Powell and his brother Richie. McCoy later said, "Bud and Richie Powell moved into my neighbourhood. Bud was a major influence on me during my early teens. He was very dynamic." Tyner later attended the West Philadelphia Music School and the Granoff School Of Music. Also included as part of this collection, is a rare, previously unreleased recording of a jam session undertaken by members of John Coltrane's group in Munich in 1961, led by Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet and McCoy Tyner on piano. This unique and rarely heard recording also featured Reggie Workman on bass, Mel Lewis on drums, and Coltrane himself contributed trumpet to one number. This complete 4 CD collection, containing almost five hours of music, showcases all of Tyner's work with Impulse! As a bandleader, bringing together as it does McCoy Tyner's finest early releases, during a period that the great man went from being a breakaway from John Coltrane's group, to a fully-fledged international and wildly respected jazz band-leader in his own right. This boxed set will thus serve as both welcome reminder of this sublime musician's best ever work, or as a starting point for those not yet flying the flag.

Track List

1. Inception
2. There Is No Greater Love
3. Blues for Gwen
4. Sunset
5. Effendi
6. Speak Low
7. Reaching Fourth
8. Goodbye
9. Theme for Ernie
10. Blues Back
11. Old Devil Moon
12. Have You Met Miss Jones
13. Satin Doll
14. We'll Be Together Again
15. Round Midnight
16. For Heaven's Sake
17. Star Eyes
18. Blue Monk
19. Groove Waltz
20. Days of Wine and Roses
21. Contemporary Focus
22. A Night in Tunisia
23. T 'N a Blues
24. Autumn Leaves
25. Three Flowers
26. When Sunny Gets Blue
27. Newport Romp
28. My Funny Valentine
29. All of You
30. Monk's Blues
31. Woody 'N' You
32. Duke's Place
33. Caravan
34. Solitude
35. Searchin'
36. Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
37. Satin Doll
38. Gypsy Without a Song
39. On Green Dolphin Street
40. Softly As in a Morning Sunshine
41. The Way You Look Tonight
42. Oleo
43. Impressions