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Expansions (album)

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Released
  
June 1970

Expansions (1968)
  
Extensions (1972)

Release date
  
23 August 1968

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
46:25

Artist
  
McCoy Tyner

Producer
  
Duke Pearson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 23, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Time for Tyner, Tender Moments, Asante, Extensions, Song for My Lady

Expansions is the tenth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his fourth released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in August 1968 and features performances by Tyner with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The stimulating music falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde, pushing and pulling at the boundaries of modern mainstream jazz".

Track listing

  1. "Vision" - 12:18
  2. "Song of Happiness" - 12:00
  3. "Smitty's Place" - 5:21
  4. "Peresina" - 10:21
  5. "I Thought I'd Let You Know" (Massey) - 6:25
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

Personnel

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, wooden flute*
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, clarinet*
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Freddie Waits – drums
    • * Track 2

    Songs

    1Vision12:20
    2Song of Happiness12:01
    3Smitty's Place5:23

    References

    Expansions (album) Wikipedia
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