It seems exclusively plumbing equipment that the initial novel unloose on the latest revival of the Impulse label features McCoy Tyner as well as Michael Brecker. When Impulse started out inward 1960, John Coltrane as well as Tyner were the kickoff artists to hold upward signed, as well as when Impulse was briefly brought dorsum past times MCA inward the 1980s, 2 of its most of import albums were recordings past times Brecker. There are non a lot of surprises on this quartet matchup (with bassist Avery Sharpe as well as drummer Aaron Scott) except perchance for how good Tyner as well as Brecker meshing together. The music is somewhat similar to a fix past times the pianist's regular trio amongst a solo slice ("Blues Stride"), a generous amount of Tyner originals as well as colorful versions of Thelonious Monk's "I Mean You" as well as "Good Morning Heartache," but Brecker's presence as well as consistently powerful playing does inspire Tyner as well as his sidemen. For a potent representative equally to why today's saxophonists conduct such a high sentiment of Michael Brecker, his roaring contention on the extended "Impressions" volition suffice. Highly recommended.
This is i of my favorites when inward the mood for high intensity tenor sax. While I similar the entire album (great musicians, expert mix of songs) 2 item cuts only blow me away: Flying High (another fine McCoy Tyner composition) as well as Impressions (Coltrane classic). On those 2 cuts Michael Brecker shows why he is i of the best all-time tenor sax players. His incredible tone, phrasing, as well as intensity on those songs are closed to of the best sax function I conduct ever heard. I honor myself sitting amongst jaw dropped inward disbelief at Brecker's solos. Tyner equally e'er provides beautiful backup for his sax bandmate too equally fine solo work. I can't imagine whatsoever fan of existent jazz that wouldn't similar this album.
There are thus many swell McCoy Tyner albums (I conduct close 25, am impressed past times all of them, as well as however experience equally if I'm missing a bunch of classics) that it tin sack hold upward a challenge to select amidst them. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 twain of early on Blue Note titles are universally-acknowledged classics -- 1967's The Real McCoy, inward a quartet amongst Joe Henderson, as well as 1968's Time for Tyner, a quartet amongst Bobby Hutcherson. Other than that, his best-known albums are belike from his fourth dimension making high-energy Afrocentric music on the Milestone label during the 1970s -- albums similar Sahara (1972), Enlightenment (1973), as well as the dazzling solo will Echoes of a Friend (1972) are oft recommended to Tyner beginners.
This i is from 1995 as well as it finds Tyner dorsum "home," on Impulse Records where he started his career, as well as inward a quartet format modeled on the i that brought him to fame, amongst John Coltrane inward the early on '60s. The comparing is farther invited past times the presence of the belatedly Michael Brecker, a histrion of awesome ability as well as unparalleled technical excellence for whom Coltrane was the obvious primary influence. Brecker kickoff came to notice playing breezy funk amongst his blood brother Randy inward the '70s,and as well as then equally a session musician; he had a tiresome route to carving out the edgy jazz credentials that he's straightaway best remembered for. Although his high register audio as well as sweeping figures unmistakably evoke Coltrane, his snub-nosed tone inward the middle register suggests a closed written report of Dexter Gordon.
Brecker to a greater extent than or less steals the exhibit here. Brecker plays closed to of the best solos I've heard past times him on "Flying High," the Monk chestnut (one of Tyner's favorites) "I Mean You," the grooving "Mellow Minor," as well as of course of education Coltrane's "Impressions." Tyner brings closed to prissy master copy compositions to the tabular array -- "Mellow Minor" inward item is upward at that spot amongst his classics, somewhat reminiscent of "Fly amongst the Wind" -- as well as a twain that are a piddling to a greater extent than rote, such equally "Happy Days" (amusingly, or annoyingly, based on "Deck the Halls").
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Track listing
All compositions past times McCoy Tyner except where noted.
1. "Flying High" - 10:14
2. "I Mean You" (Hawkins, Monk) - 7:19
3. "Where Is Love" - 5:31
4. "Changes" - 9:46
5. "Blues Stride" - 3:38
6. "Happy Days" - 9:42
7. "Impressions" (Coltrane) - 11:13
8. "Mellow Minor" - 5:26
9. "Good Morning Heartache" (Drake, Fisher, Higginbotham) - 9:21
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr 12 (track 1 & 6), xiii (tracks 4, vii & 8) as well as fourteen (tracks 2, 3, five & 9), 1995
Personnel:
McCoy Tyner – piano
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Avery Sharpe – bass
Aaron Scott – drums
Valtinho Anastacio – congas, percussion
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