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McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington is the sixth album by American jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was recorded in December 1964 and released on the Impulse! label in 1965. It features performances by Tyner with his John Coltrane bandmates: bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones.
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McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington. Released: 1965 Recorded: December 2 & 7-8, 1964 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Length: 32:08 (original LP), 48:26 (CD reissue) Label: Impulse! Producer: Bob Thiele. Musicians McCoy Tyner: piano Jimmy Garrison: bass Elvin Jones: drums Willie Rodriguez: Latin percussion (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6)
Garrison came of age in the 1950s Philadelphia jazz scene, which included fellow bassists Reggie Workman and Henry Grimes, pianist McCoy Tyner and trumpeter Lee Morgan.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 CD release of "Plays Ellington" on Discogs.
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Dec 10, 2006 · Tyner clearly forgot this, if he ever heard it, on the beautiful and sad Ellington ballad, "Solitude", immortalized by Billie Holiday. Instead of playing it as the ballad it was written to be, Tyner turned it into a bouncy-to-the-point-of-bubble-gummy medium fast swinger.
Jul 24, 1996 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of "McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington" on Discogs.
