''Journey'' is an album by

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 ...

's Big Band released on the Birdology label in 1993. It was recorded in May 1993 and features performances by Tyner's Big Band, which included trombonists Steve Turre and

Frank Lacy Frank Lacy (born August 9, 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American jazz trombonist who has spent many years as a member of the Mingus Big Band. Career Lacy's father was a teacher who played guitar with Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Eddie Clea ...

, alto saxophonist Joe Ford, tenor saxophonist

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, bassist

Avery Sharpe Avery Sharpe (born August 23, 1954) is an American jazz double-bassist, electric bassist, composer, educator and founder of the artist-owned record label, JKNM Records. Sharpe has a distinguished percussive and rhythmic approach on double bass. ...

and drummer Aaron Scott.

Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

sings

Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premi ...

’s lyrics on Tyner’s classic composition “You Taught My Heart to Sing”.

Reception

The

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review by Ron Wynn states that "While this isn't among Tyner's greatest recordings, it's still a rigorous, often exciting big-band date".Wynn, R.

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accessed March 5, 2009.

Track listing

# "Samba Dei Ber" (Rangelov) - 4:20 # "Juanita" (Turre) 11:00 # "Choices" ( Mackrel) - 11:17 # "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (

Cahn Cahn is a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Kahn. People with the surname Cahn * Jonathan Cahn (born 1959), American Messianic minister and writer * Andrew Cahn (born 1951), British civil servant * Anne ...

, Tyner) - 6:17 # "Peresina" - 11:15 # "Blues on the Corner" - 9:29 # "January in Brasil" (Sharpe) - 6:04 :''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated'' :*Recorded in NYC, November 19 & 20, 1991

Personnel

– piano, arranger * Eddie Henderson – trumpet * Earl Gardner – trumpet * Virgil Jones – trumpet *

– trombone * Slide Hampton; trombone (track 1) * Steve Turre – trombone, arranger * John Clark – French horn * Tony Underwood – tuba * Joe Ford – alto saxophone * Doug Harris – alto saxophone, flute *

– tenor saxophone * John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone *

Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...

– baritone saxophone (track 1) *

– double bass * Aaron Scott – drums *

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– percussion, trumpet * Valtinho Anastacio – percussion (track 1) *

– vocals (track 4)

References

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