''Bon Voyage'' is a 1987 album by

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released on the Timeless label. It was recorded in June 1987 and features performances by Tyner with bassist

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and drummer

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Reception

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review by Ken Dryden states that although the album is "Not one of McCoy Tyner's better known CDs, this trio session is nevertheless one worth acquiring".Dryden, K.

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accessed February 27, 2009.

Track listing

# "Bon Voyage" - 10:27 # " Summertime" ( Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) - 6:11 # " Don't Blame Me" (

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) - 4:31 # "

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) - 8:51 # "Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (Listed incorrectly as Jazz Walk)" - 7:41 # " How Deep Is the Ocean?" (

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) - 7:12 # " Yesterdays" ( Harbach,

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) - 4:57 # "Blues for Max" - 4:39 :''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated'' ** Recorded 9 June 1987 in Studio 44, Monster, the Netherlands, .

Personnel

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electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

(track 1), bass *

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References

{{Authority control McCoy Tyner albums 1987 albums Timeless Records albums