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McCoy Tyner: Vol. Two, 1960-61

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By Lawrence Peryer
November 24, 2011
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Vol. One, 1959-60 | Vol. Two, 1960-61

The jazz world ushered in the 1960s with a fury of innovative change. A bold avant-garde stretched the form while also making accessible and engaging records. Across just nine months in one corner of that world,pianist McCoy Tyner played on a variety of sessions that together serve as a concise illustration of the ground bop was ceding to modality, melody and more. He began his tenure and apprenticeship with saxophonist

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane, led his own first sessions and participated in the creation of music whose excitement and ingenuity has yet to be surpassed.

Track	Name	Time	Artist	Album
1	Equinox	08:35	John Coltrane	Coltrane's Sound
2	Mr. Knight	07:31	John Coltrane	Coltrane Plays The Blues
3	26-2	06:32	John Coltrane	The Coltrane Legacy
4	Body and Soul	06:00	John Coltrane	Alternate Takes
5	In Your Own Sweet Way	05:20	McCoy Tyner	Chick Corea—Herbie Hancock—Keith Jarrett—McCoy Tyner
6	I Wished I Knew	07:48	Freddie Hubbard	Goin' Up
7	Africa	16:27	John Coltrane Quartet	Africa/Brass
8	Song of the Underground Railroad	06:44	John Coltrane Quartet	The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2

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