Tender Moments
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedSeptember 1968[1]
RecordedDecember 1, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz, post-bop, modal jazz
Length38:00
LabelBlue Note BST 84275
ProducerFrancis Wolff
McCoy Tyner chronology
The Real McCoy
(1967) 		Tender Moments
(1968) 		Time for Tyner
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

Tender Moments is the eighth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his second released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in December 1967 and features performances by Tyner with an expanded group featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Julian Priester, French horn player Bob Northern, tuba player Howard Johnson, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Joe Chambers.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "the music is quite colorful and advanced for the period. Well worth investigating".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Mode to John" - 5:42
  2. "Man from Tanganyika" - 6:54
  3. "The High Priest" - 6:08
  4. "Utopia" - 7:37
  5. "All My Yesterdays" - 6:04
  6. "Lee Plus Three" - 5:35
All compositions by McCoy Tyner

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Schwann-1, Record & Tape Guide, 1977
  2. ^ Allmusic Review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (1992), The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette, London: Penguin Books, p. 1080, ISBN 9780140153644
  5. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 20 February 2009.
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