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1970 studio album by McCoy Tyner
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
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".
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Track listing
All compositions by McCoy Tyner, except as indicated.
"
Vision " - 12:18
"Song of Happiness" - 12:00
"Smitty's Place" - 5:21
"Peresina" - 10:21
"I Thought I'd Let You Know" (
Cal Massey ) - 6:25
Personnel
References
Impulse! (1962–1964)
Blue Note (1967–1970)
Milestone (1972–1981) Various (1981–1989) Various (1990–1994) Impulse! (1995–1997)
Telarc (1999–2004) McCoy Tyner Music (2004–2009) Related
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With others
Home! (
Gary Bartz , 1969)
Coral Keys (
Walter Bishop Jr. , 1971)
Child's Dance (
Art Blakey and
the Jazz Messengers , 1972)
Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
The Free Slave (
Roy Brooks , 1970)
Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
The Almoravid (
Joe Chambers , 1971)
Tones for Joan's Bones (
Chick Corea , 1966)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
Brilliant Circles (
Stanley Cowell , 1969)
Conversations (
Eric Dolphy , 1963)
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
Tex Book Tenor /
Back from the Gig (
Booker Ervin , 1968)
Ichi-Ban (
Louis Hayes and
Junior Cook , 1976)
The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (
Joe Henderson , 1970)
Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
Grass Roots (
Andrew Hill , 1968)
Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
Cirrus (
Bobby Hutcherson , 1974)
Bridge into the New Age (
Azar Lawrence , 1974)
'Bout Soul (
Jackie McLean , 1967)
Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
Reach Out! (
Hank Mobley , 1968)
Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (
Pharoah Sanders , 1970)
The Cape Verdean Blues (
Horace Silver , 1965)
The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
Natural Soul (
Buddy Terry , 1967)
Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Expansions (
McCoy Tyner , 1968)
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (
Mal Waldron , 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Natural Essence (
Tyrone Washington , 1967)
Unity (
Larry Young , 1965)
Zawinul (
Joe Zawinul , 1970)
Box sets