The Real McCoy (Album)

chronology
The Real McCoy
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Publication ; (s)	1967
Label (s)	Blue note
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	jazz
Title (number)	5
running time	37:06
occupation	Drums : Elvin Jones ; Tenor saxophone : Joe Henderson ; Piano : McCoy Tyner ; Bass : Ron Carter ;
production	Alfred Lion
Studio (s)	Van Gelder Studios

The Real McCoy is the seventh album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and the first to be released by Blue Note Records . Tyner recorded it on April 21, 1967 after leaving the John Coltrane Quartet. It includes recordings of Tyner with Joe Henderson , Ron Carter and Elvin Jones . The producer Alfred Lion remembered the recording session as a pure jazz session. Lion said, "There is absolutely no concession to commercialization and there is a deep, passionate love for this music, embedded in every selected piece."

The title alludes to an English idiom ("The Real McCoy", literally for the "real thing").

reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of their so-called Core Collection and called it a key album in Tyner's discography ... highly recommended .

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow claimed that Tyner entered a phase of the struggle, even though his game grew artistically considerably in the late sixties ... definitely recommended .

Album pieces

"All compositions by McCoy Tyner"

“Passion Dance” - 8:47
“Contemplation” - 9:12
“Four by Five” - 6:37
“Search for Peace” - 6:32
“Blues on the Corner” - 5:58

Individual evidence

↑ Original text: There is absolutely no concession to commercialism, and there's a deep, passionate love for the music embedded in each of the selections . Quoted in the liner notes of the album by Nat Hentoff .
↑ Engl. Original text: A key album in Tyner's discography ... Very highly recommended.
^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton [1992]: McCoy Tyner . In: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , 8th. Edition, Penguin, New York 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 , p. 1310.
↑ Original text: Tyner was entering a period of struggle, although artistically his playing grew quite a bit in the late '60s ... easily recommended .
↑ Scott Yanow: The Real McCoy at Allmusic , accessed February 20, 2009.

[1] Original text: There is absolutely no concession to commercialism, and there's a deep, passionate love for the music embedded in each of the selections . Quoted in the liner notes of the album by Nat Hentoff .

[2] Engl. Original text: A key album in Tyner's discography ... Very highly recommended.

[3] Richard Cook , Brian Morton [1992]: McCoy Tyner . In: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , 8th. Edition, Penguin, New York 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 , p. 1310.

[4] Original text: Tyner was entering a period of struggle, although artistically his playing grew quite a bit in the late '60s ... easily recommended .

[5] Scott Yanow: The Real McCoy at Allmusic , accessed February 20, 2009.