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McCoy Tyner: Vol. Three 1961
Lawrence Peryer
Music industry executive, entrepreneur and producerVol. One, 1959-60 | Vol. Two, 1960-61 | Vol. Three, 1961
This music was recorded over a six month span but illustrates the breakneck speed with which the bleeding edge of jazz was transforming. In late May and early June 1961, McCoy Tyner was part of the John Coltrane
John Coltrane
1926 - 1967
saxophone
group that recorded the ground-breaking Impulse! album Africa/Brass. By early November, the month that record was released, the core group of Coltrane, Tyner, Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
1927 - 2004
drums
, Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
b.1937
bass
and notably, Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
1928 - 1964
reeds
, were turning the jazz world upside down with the aggressive music they made across four nights at New York's Village Vanguard. Track the evolution here.
| Track | Name | Time | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Damned Don't Cry | 7:35 | John Coltrane Quartet | The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions |
| 2 | Impressions | 9:58 | John Coltrane | Sutherland Hotel Lounge, Chicago, IL, March 1- 12 1961 |
| 3 | Naima | 4:11 | John Coltrane Quintet | Music At Newport, Newport, RI, July 1, 1961 |
| 4 | Aisha | 7:39 | John Coltrane | Ole' Coltrane |
| 5 | Crisis | 11:33 | Freddie Hubbard | Ready for Freddie |
| 6 | Chasin' the Trane | 9:52 | John Coltrane | Village Vanguard: November 1, 1961 |
| 7 | Spiritual | 15:03 | John Coltrane | Village Vanguard: November 2, 1961 |
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