''The Greeting'' is a 1978

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McCoy Tyner, his thirteenth release on the

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label. It was recorded in March 1978 at the

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and features performances by Tyner with a sextet featuring tenor saxophonist George Adams, alto saxophonist Joe Ford, bassist

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, drummer Woody Theus and percussionist

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. Tyner’s performance of John Coltrane's " Naima" is a piano solo.

Reception

The

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review by

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calls the album "One of the better McCoy Tyner records on Milestone... An excellent example of McCoy Tyner's playing in the 1970s".Yanow, S.

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accessed February 24, 2009.

Track listing

# "Hand in Hand" - 6:18 # "Fly with the Wind" - 14:54 # "Pictures" - 7:57 # "Naima" (Coltrane) - 4:44 # "The Greeting" - 8:55 :''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated'' :*Recorded at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, March 17 & 18, 1978

Personnel

* McCoy Tyner –

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* Joe Ford –

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(tracks 1-3 & 5) * George Adams –

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, flute (tracks 1-3 & 5) *

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(tracks 1-3 & 5) * Woody "Sonship" Theus –

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, bells (tracks 1-3 & 5) *

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, berimbau,

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(tracks 1-3 & 5)

References

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