McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard_音乐专辑
McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard
表演者: McCoy Tyner
专辑类型: Live
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2001
唱片数: 1
出版者: Impulse!
条形码: 0731458918325
专辑简介
Wow, here's a first (or so it seems) -- a tribute to sax legend John Coltrane that doesn't include his arrangement of "My Favorite Things." Working with his trio featuring bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster at New York's Village Vanguard, the pianist instead chose a mix of well-known Coltrane gems like "Naima" (which begins cool and moody, and then heats up into a booming, improvisational jam and -- dare it be said when talking about traditional jazz? -- funk explosion) and "Afro Blue (in a strolling, slightly melancholy take with Tyner gliding over Foster's swift brushes). "Moment's Notice" is wacky and wild from the start, a primer on the power of freeform and swing; Tyner's improv ability has never been more intensely realized. After that, the 12 minutes of the mid-tempo "Crescent" come as a slight letdown despite some booming low-register chord pounding and an increasingly throbbing bassline. "After the Rain" is a somber interlude, while Billy Eckstine's "I Want to Talk About You" is like a cheerful ray of dancing sunlight after the gloom is gone. Like many great live jazz dates these days, the music was recorded direct to two-track analog tape, with no mixing or editing. The show on September 23, 1997, was to celebrate Coltrane's 71st birthday, and this recording brings listeners so joyfully close that they can almost blow out the candles themselves. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
曲目
Naima
Moment's Notice
Crescent
After the Rain
Afro Blue
I Want to Talk About You
Mr. Day
