McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington

McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Released	1965
Recorded	December 2, 7 & 8, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:55
Label	Impulse!
McCoy Tyner chronology
Live at Newport (1964) McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington (1965) The Real McCoy (1967)

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Allmusic	[1]

McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington is the sixth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was recorded in December 1964 and released on the Impulse! label in 1965. It features performances by Tyner with Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones, with Latin percussion added on four of the tracks. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "This is an excellent outing that displays both Tyner's debt to the jazz tradition and his increasingly original style".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Duke's Place" (Ellington, Katz, Thiele) - 3:18
2. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) - 3:32
3. "Solitude" (DeLange, Ellington, Mills) - 5:10
4. "Searchin'" (Allen, Ellington) - 4:33
5. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Baker, Ellington) - 6:28
6. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) - 4:11
7. "A Gypsy Without a Song" (Ellington, Gordon, Singer, Tizol) - 4:55
8. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:02 Bonus track on CD
9. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Webster) - 5:57 Bonus track on CD
10. "A Gypsy Without a Song" [alternate take] (Ellington, Gordon, Singer, Tizol) - 6:14

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, December 2, 7 & 8, 1964

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner: piano
• Jimmy Garrison: bass
• Elvin Jones: drums
• Willie Rodriguez: Latin percussion (on 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Johnny Pacheco: Latin percussion (on 1, 2, 4 & 6)

References

1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 20, 2009.