Expansions (McCoy Tyner album)

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This article is about the album by McCoy Tyner. For the album by Lonnie Liston Smith, see Expansions (Lonnie Liston Smith album).
Expansions
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedJune 1970[1]
RecordedAugust 23, 1968
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, post-bop, modal jazz
Length46:25
LabelBlue Note BST 84338
ProducerDuke Pearson
McCoy Tyner chronology
Time for Tyner
(1968) 		Expansions
(1970) 		Extensions
(1972)

Expansions is the tenth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his fourth released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in August 1968 and features performances by Tyner with trumpeter Woody Shaw, alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter (here playing cello), bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Freddie Waits.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The stimulating music falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde, pushing and pulling at the boundaries of modern mainstream jazz".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner, except as indicated.
  1. "Vision" - 12:18
  2. "Song of Happiness" - 12:00
  3. "Smitty's Place" - 5:21
  4. "Peresina" - 10:21
  5. "I Thought I'd Let You Know" (Cal Massey) - 6:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard June 20, 1970
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 20, 2009.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ a b Expansions (McCoy Tyner album) at Discogs
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