Inception (McCoy Tyner album)

Inception
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Released June 1962[1]
Recorded January 10–11, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 32:54
Label Impulse!
A-18
Producer Bob Thiele
McCoy Tyner chronology
Inception
(1962)		 Reaching Fourth
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Down Beat[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Inception is the debut album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner which was released on the Impulse! label in 1962. It features performances by Tyner with Art Davis and Elvin Jones.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alexander Gelfand states that "this album gives listeners the chance to hear what a very young Tyner sounded like outside the confines of the classic John Coltrane quartet of the early '60s; it reveals a lyrical approach to jazz piano that seems a far cry from Tyner's mature style".[2]

Background

"Blues for Gwen" was named after Tyner's sister, whilst "Sunset" was suggested by Tyner's wife, Aisha, because the piece "brought to her mind an impression of nature, and because it's a reflective ballad, Sunset seemed the logical title."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

  1. "Inception" - 4:28
  2. "There Is No Greater Love" (Jones, Symes) - 6:21
  3. "Blues for Gwen" - 4:27
  4. "Sunset" - 4:41
  5. "Effendi" - 6:39
  6. "Speak Low" (Nash, Weill) - 6:18

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records, page 90
  2. 1 2 Gelfand, A. Allmusic Review accessed February 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ Down Beat: November 8, 1962 vol. 29, no. 28
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Original liner notes

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