''Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century '' is a solo piano album by
McCoy Tyner released on the
Telarc label in 2000.
Reception
The
Allmusic review by Paula Edelstein states that "The songs and artists McCoy Tyner has selected to pay tribute to are all great examples of his excellent ability to blend these various sources of inspiration and his compositional integrity into a coherent, persuasive whole. Nowhere is this clearer or more meaningful than on these solo concerts".
[Edelstein, P. Allmusic Reviewaccessed March 6, 2009.]
Track listing
# "
A Night in Tunisia
"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie around 1940–42, while Gillespie was playing with the Benny Carter band. It has become a jazz standard. It is also known as "Interlude", and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen w ...
" (
Gillespie) - 2:54
# "Pannonica" (
Monk) - 3:37
# "
My Foolish Heart" (
Young) - 4:20
# "
Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (
Ellington
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**High Ellington
**Low Ellington
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*Ellington Airport (Texas), Hous ...
,
Russell
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**Ru ...
) - 4:26
# "Blues for Fatha" - 4:00
# "
Sweet and Lovely
"Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias.
Recordings of the song which charted in 1931 are:
* Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with a vocal refrain by Dona ...
" (
Arnheim,
LeMare,
Tobias) - 4:06
# "
Lullaby of Birdland" (
Shearing,
Weiss) - 3:35
# "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (
Cahn, Tyner) - 5:40
# "Happy Days" - 5:50
# "Rio" - 4:57
# "
Summertime" (
Gershwin,
Gershwin,
Heyward
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* Andrew Heyward, former President of CBS News
* Andy Heyward (born 1949), American television producer
* Cameron Heyward (born 1989), American football playe ...
) - 4:51
# "
St. Louis Blues" (
Handy) - 3:39
# "
Ain't Misbehavin'" (
Brooks,
Razaf,
Waller) - 3:41
# "
Misty" (
Burke,
Garner
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* Garner (surname), a surname
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* ''Tennessee v. Garner'', a United States Supreme Court cas ...
) - 3:06
:''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated''
:*Recorded at Ambient Recording Studio, Stamford, Connecticut on June 13 & 14, 2000
Personnel
*McCoy Tyner -
piano
References
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McCoy Tyner albums
2000 albums
Telarc Records albums