McCoy Tyner: Asante (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP BNCVE and Williams quickly returned to

and Williams quickly returned to the studio in 1986 to record the masterful Civilization

Yet this profoundly moving session recorded in 1969 sat unreleased until 2003 when it was finally issued on CD through the efforts of Blue Note archivist Michael Cuscuna

Lovely Sky Boat

After making her professional debut as the cool

” noted for its tight structure and balanced solos

McCoy Tyner: Asante (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP BNCVE and Williams quickly returned toBlue Note, 1961 Pianist McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Mother Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note recordings of the late 1960s on pieces like African Village and Message from the Nile. With his 1970 album Asante, Tyner brought those influences to the fore with a powerful set rooted in the swirling percussive rhythmic bed laid by drummer Billy Hart and percussionist Mtume. Bassist Buster Williams, guitarist Ted Dunbar, and alto