Afro Blue (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Afro Blue
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist = McCoy Tyner


Released = November 13, 2007
Recorded = 1998-2003
Genre = Jazz, Latin Jazz
Length = 54:25
Label = Telarc
Producer = Elaine Martone
Reviews =
*All About Jazz (favorable) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27715 link]
*iTunes (favorable) Rating|4.5|5
Last album = "Quartet"
(2006)
This album = "Afro Blue"
(2007)
Next album =

"Afro Blue" is a jazz album by musician McCoy Tyner, released on November 13, 2007. It compiles recordings from his albums on Telarc Records, documenting his eight-year tenure with the label.

Track listing

# "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria) – 12:23
# "If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 6:24
# "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:39
# "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 7:50
# "Summertime" (George Gershwin) – 4:51
# "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerome Brainin) – 4:52
# "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:51
# "Carriba" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:38

_{"1 & 7" from "McCoy Tyner and the Latin Jazz All-Stars" (1999)}

_{"6 & 8" from "McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster" (2000)}

_{"3 & 5" from "Jazz Roots" (2000)}

_{"4" from "Land of Giants" (2003)}

_{"2" from "Illuminations" (2004)}

Personnel

* McCoy Tyner - piano
* Johnny Almendra - timbales (1,7)
* Gary Bartz - saxophone (1, 2, 7)
* Ignacio Berroa - drums (1, 7)
* Giovanni Hidalgo - percussion (1, 7)
* Claudio Roditti - trumpet, flugelhorn (1, 7)
* Avery Sharpe - bass (1, 7)
* Steve Turre - trombone, shells (1, 7)
* Dave Valentin - flute (1, 7)
* Christian McBride - bass (2)
* Lewis Nash - drums (2)
* Bobby Hutcherson - vibes (4)
* Charnett Moffett - bass (4)
* Eric Harland - drums (4)
* Stanley Clarke - acoustic bass, electric bass (6, 8)
* Al Foster - drums (6, 8)