Guitars [Digipak]

Performer: McCoy Tyner
Artist: Marc Ribot; John Scofield; Bela Fleck; Derek Trucks; Bill Frisell
Producer: John Snyder
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Derek Trucks, Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, John Scofield (guitar); B�la Fleck (banjo); Ron Carter (upright bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums). One of the most important and enduring jazz pianists emerging from the 1960s, McCoy Tyner needs little introduction. John Coltrane's former sideman's style has always mixed melody, beauty, invention, and volatility. GUITARS is proof he's lost none of his edge. Here, Tyner mixes it up with a seemingly disparate range of guitarists (and one banjoist!), which might shock some old-school fans. Each guitarist joins Tyner's trio for two or three tracks. Marc Ribot's jazz-informed thorniness, John Scofield's plump-toned �lan, Bela Fleck's down-home sophistication and clarity, Derek Trucks's tightly wound blue-tones, and Bill Frisell's mystic, Jim Hall-inspired poetry--all meet Tyner on his own turf. Each string-bender is pushed to be his best in this setting.

Down Beat (p.79) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ats off to producer John Snyder for steering him to a project that lets him blow off steam while playing against type for a bit." Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.74) - "Tyner's towering talent has again been placed in a new light, this time on a stunning series of encounters with five guitar greats."

It would be difficult to overstate McCoy Tyner's impact on the last three decades of jazz piano, first as a member of the classic Coltrane quartet in the 1960s, and later as a leader. His thundering bass tremolos, floating quartal harmonies, and blistering pentatonic runs have become part of the lingua franca of jazz piano. Tyner's recordings have skilfully blended elements of African and Asian music with the European classical tradition, but in 1997 he surprised the jazz world with a Burt Bacharach covers album. By 2000 he had returned to form with the aptly-titled JAZZ ROOTS.

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