Bon Voyage (McCoy Tyner album) explained

Bon Voyage
Type:	Album
Artist:	McCoy Tyner
Cover:	Bon Voyage (album).jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	June 9, 1987
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:29
Label:	Timeless
Producer:	Wim Wigt
Chronology:	McCoy Tyner
Prev Title:	Double Trios
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Blues for Coltrane
Next Year:	1988

Bon Voyage is a 1987 album by McCoy Tyner released on the Timeless label. It was recorded in June 1987 and features performances by Tyner with bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Louis Hayes.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states that although the album is "Not one of McCoy Tyner's better known CDs, this trio session is nevertheless one worth acquiring".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Bon Voyage" - 10:27
2. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) - 6:11
3. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 4:31
4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Brown, Kahn) - 8:51
5. "Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (Listed incorrectly as Jazz Walk)" - 7:41
6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 7:12
7. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:57
8. "Blues for Max" - 4:39

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• • Recorded 9 June 1987 in Studio 44, Monster, the Netherlands, .

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Avery Sharpe – electric bass (track 1), bass
• Louis Hayes – drums

Notes and References

1. Dryden, K. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r167499|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed February 27, 2009.