''Horizon'' is a 1979 album by

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McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

released on the

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label. It was recorded in April 1979 and features performances by Tyner with alto saxophonist Joe Ford, tenor saxophonist George Adams, violinist John Blake, bassist

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, drummer

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and percussionist

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Reception

The

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review by Michael G. Nastos states "Tyner realizes a perfectly balanced, extroverted, compatible and utterly unique front line. It enables him to offer some of the most remarkable, memorable and powerful music of his career".Nastos, M.

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accessed February 25, 2009.

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where noted # "Horizon" - 12:01 # "Woman of Tomorrow" (Blake) - 7:41 # "Motherland" (Blake) 7:17 # "One for Honor" (Fambrough) - 4:29 # "Just Feelin'" - 7:44 # "Horizon" lternate take- 11:46 Bonus track on 2007 reissue

Personnel

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* Joe Ford: alto saxophone (track 3), soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 5 & 6), flute (track 2) * George Adams:

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(tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), flute (track 2) * John Blake:

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(tracks 1-3, 5 & 6) *

: bass *

: drums *

: congas (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)

References

{{Authority control McCoy Tyner albums 1979 albums Milestone Records albums Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio