Released August 1976 | Release date August 1976 | |
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Recorded November 22, 1968; April 4, 1969 and July 21, 1970Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar McCoy Tyner albums, Jazz albums |
Cosmos is a double LP by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label in August 1977. It contains material recorded in November 1968, April 1969 and July 1970 and features two trio performances by Tyner with Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits a larger group featuring Harold Vick, Al Gibbons and a string quartet and a sextet with Hubert Laws, Andrew White and Gary Bartz. The album has not yet been released on CD but the three tracks from the July 21, 1970 recording session appear on the CD release of Asante.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "the quality of the performances are consistently high... and the music is consistently intriguing."
Track listing
Side One
- "Song for My Lady" - 7:30
- "Cosmos" - 9:00
Side Two
- "Shaken, But Not Forsaken" - 11:30
- "Vibration Blues" - 8:40
Side Three
- "Forbidden Land" - 13:50
- "Planet X" - 7:40
Side Four
- "Asian Lullaby" - 7:27
- "Hope" - 14:14
Personnel
Songs
1Song for My Lady7:30
2Cosmos9:00
3Shaken - but Not Forsaken11:30