McCoy Tyner

• 180 gm audiophile LP

• MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Of pianist McCoy Tyner's seven Blue Note albums of the 1967-1970 period, Expansions is the most definitive. Tyner's group is particularly strong, the compositions (four Tyner originals plus Calvin Massey's "I Thought I'd Let You Know") are challenging, and the musicians seem quite inspired by each other's presence. The stimulating music falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde, pushing and pulling at the boundaries of modern mainstream jazz.

PERSONNEL:

• Woody Shaw - trumpet
• Gary Bartz -alto sax
• Wayne Shorter - tenor sax
• Ron Carter - cello
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Herbie Lewis - bass
• Freddie Waits - drums

Recorded on August, 23 1968.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Vision
• A2. Song Of Happiness

• SIDE B
• B1. Smitty's Place
• B2. Peresina
• B3. I Thought I'd Let You Kno