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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

From his revolutionary work with John Coltrane's classic quartet to his multi-hued solo career, McCoy Tyner is the most influential living jazz pianist of the modern era. Distinctive chord voicings, insightful solos and a neo-classical approach to the instrument have earned him accolades and a devoted following for more than 40 years.

On this buoyant and mostly acoustic trio outing, he's matched with two other jazz luminaries: trailblazing fusion bassist and Return To Forever co-founder Stanley Clarke, and ubiquitous drummer Al Foster. Their exhilarating and dynamic post-bop explorations glow with vitality on the wistful "Trane-like," and a remake from Tyner's Coltrane days, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," while an Afro-Cuban soul inhabits "Carriba" and Clarke's original bossa nova, "In The Tradition Of." Also included are two takes of Tyner's "I Want to Tell You 'bout That," one featuring Clarke on electric bass, the other on stand-up. Rather than stoke their individual egos with grandstanding technical displays, they each serve the music first with taste, sensitivity, and the telepathic aplomb of seasoned legends.

Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio "B", New York, New York on April 27 & 28, 1999. Includes liner notes by Donald Elfman.

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Stanley Clarke (acoustic & electric basses); Al Foster (drums).

Q (6/00, pp.116-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This partnership...is just what Tyner deserves. And he hasn't sounded so good in years; tackling standards and original tunes with a rhythm section unafraid to ask difficult questions."

CAT # 83488-25
1. Trane-like 9:11
2. Once Upon a Time 5:30
3. Never Let Me Go 4:18
4. I Want to Tell You 'Bout That 5:18
5. Will You Still Be Mine 6:44
6. Goin' Way Blues 6:30
7. In the Tradition Of 7:36
8. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 4:52
9. Carriba 5:40
10. Memories 3:41
11. I Want to Tell You 'Bout That (reprise) 5:57