McCoy Tyner Big Band - The Turning Point (1991) (eac-flac-cover)

McCoy Tyner Big Band - The Turning Point (1991)
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AMG:
This recording may not have been an actual "turning point" in pianist McCoy Tyner's productive career but its success gave momentum to his big band. Although only a part-time affair, Tyner's orchestra (seven brass, four reeds and a four-piece rhythm section) is considered one of the major jazz big bands of the 1990s, a perfect outlet for the leader's percussive and modal-oriented piano. With arrangements by Tyner, Dennis Mackrel, Slide Hampton, Steve Turre and Howard Johnson, many of these performances are quite powerful. It is a pity though that the liners do not identify the soloists since there are several that are quite colorful. Recommended.

Tracks:
1. "Passion Dance" - 9:05
2. "Let It Go" (Turre) 9:14
3. "High Priest" - 5:14
4. "Angel Eyes" (Brent, Dennis) - 5:15
5. "Fly With the Wind" - 11:55
6. "Update" - 8:16
7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) - 6:08
* Recorded in NYC, November 19 & 20, 1991

Personnel:
* McCoy Tyner: piano, arranger
* Kamau Adilifu: trumpet
* Earl Gardner: trumpet
* Virgil Jones: trumpet
* Frank Lacy: trombone
* Steve Turre: trombone, arranger
* John Clark: french horn
* Howard Johnson: tuba, arranger
* Joe Ford: alto saxophone
* Doug Harris: flute
* Junior Cook: tenor saxophone
* John Stubblefield: tenor saxophone
* Avery Sharpe: double bass, electric bass
* Aaron Scott: drums
* Jerry Gonzalez: percussion
* Dennis Mackrel, Slide Hampton: arrangers

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