Uptown/Downtown
Live album by
McCoy Tyner
Released1989
RecordedNovember 25 & 26, 1988
VenueThe Blue Note, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelMilestone
McCoy Tyner chronology
Revelations
(1988) 		Uptown/Downtown
(1989) 		Live at Sweet Basil
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Uptown/Downtown is a 1988 live album by McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label, his first for the label since 13th House (1980). It was recorded in November 1988 and features performances by Tyner's Big Band, which included tenor saxophonists Junior Cook and Ricky Ford, trumpeter Kamau Adilifu and trombonist Steve Turre, recorded at the Blue Note jazz club in New York City. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "the results are quite memorable and frequently exciting. Recommended".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Love Surrounds Us Everywhere" - 8:25
  2. "Three Flowers" - 6:56
  3. "Genesis" - 7:57
  4. "Uptown" - 7:11
  5. "Lotus Flower" (Turre) - 6:52
  6. "Blues for Basie" - 9:34
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated
  • Recorded at the Blue Note, NYC, November 25 & 26, 1988.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1427. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2009.
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