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Reaching Fourth

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Released
  
February 1963

Artist
  
McCoy Tyner

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
34:05

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Recorded
  
November 14, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Reaching Fourth (1962)
  
Nights of Ballads & Blues (1963)

Similar
  
McCoy Tyner albums, Jazz albums

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Reaching Fourth is the second album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner which was released on the Impulse! label in 1963. It features performances by Tyner with Henry Grimes and Roy Haynes.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that the album "although not as intense as his work with the John Coltrane Quartet, is generally memorable and still sounds quite viable 35 years later".

Track listing

  1. "Reaching Fourth" (Tyner) - 4:21
  2. "Goodbye" (Jenkins) - 5:46
  3. "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) - 6:00
  4. "Blues Back" (Tyner) - 6:54
  5. "Old Devil Moon" [From Finian's Rainbow] (Harburg, Lane) - 7:27
  6. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" [From I'd Rather Be Right] (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:47

Personnel

  • McCoy Tyner - piano
  • Henry Grimes - bass
  • Roy Haynes - drums

    • Songs

    1Reaching Fourth4:18
    2Goodbye5:42
    3Theme for Ernie5:57

    References

    Reaching Fourth Wikipedia
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