McCoy Tyner

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains McCoy Tyner’s first two albums as a leader, Inception (Impulse AS-18) and Reaching Fourth (Impulse AS-33) in their entirety. Both LPs present the pianist in a trio format backed by such expert musicians as bassists Art Davis and Henry Grimes, and drummers Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes. As a bonus, Tyner’s debut session as a leader. It was made for Atlantic in 1960 with Steve Davis and Elvin Jones, and consisted of just two songs which were originally issued on an LP featuring various artists.

PERSONNEL:

• ON TRACKS [1-6] INCEPTION
• McCOY TYNER, piano
• ART DAVIS, bass
• & ELVIN JONES, drums
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 10 & 11, 1962.

• ON TRACKS [7-12] REACHING FOURTH
• McCOY TYNER, piano
• HENRY GRIMES, bass
• ROY HAYNES, drums
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, November 14, 1962.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (13-14):
• McCOY TYNER (p), STEVE DAVIS (b), ELVIN JONES (d)
• New York, October 24, 1960.

TRACKS:

• 01 Inception
• 02 There Is No Greater Love
• 03 Blues For Gwen
• 04 Sunset
• 05 Effendi
• 06 Speak Lo
• 07 Reaching Fourth
• 08 Goodbye
• 09 Theme For Ernie
• 10 Blues Back
• 11 Old Devil Moon
• 12 Have You Met Miss Jones?
• 13 Lazy Bird (*)
• 14 In Your Own Sweet Way (*)

• Total Time: 76:01 Min