Atlantis (McCoy Tyner album) explained

Atlantis
Type:Live
Artist:McCoy Tyner
Cover:Atlantis (McCoy Tyner album).jpg
Released:June 1975[1]
Recorded:August 31–September 1, 1974
Venue:Keystone Korner, San Francisco
Genre:Jazz
Length:71:37
Label:Milestone
M-55002
Producer:Orrin Keepnews
Prev Title:Sama Layuca
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:Trident
Next Year:1975

Atlantis is a live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco on August 31 and September 1, 1974, and features Tyner in performance with saxophonist Azar Lawrence, bassist Juini Booth, drummer Wilby Fletcher and percussionist Guilherme Franco.

Reception

Scott Yanow, writing for Allmusic, notes that "Tyner creates some very powerful and highly original solos, really tearing into some of the more extended pieces... Essential music that still sounds fresh and adventurous". Richard Cook and Brian Morton, authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz, opine that the both Enlightenment and Atlantis are "two huge, sprawling concert recordings which will drain most listeners: Tyner's piano outpourings seem unstoppable, and Lawrence comes on as an even fierier spirit than Fortune, even if both are in thrall to Coltrane."

Track listing

Recorded on August 31 (tracks 3, 5) and September 1, 1974 (tracks 1, 2, 4 and 6).

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=UigEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Atlantis+Tyner&pg=PA29 Billboard June 14, 1975