Jazz Roots Explained

Jazz Roots
Type:	Album
Artist:	McCoy Tyner
Cover:	Jazz Roots.jpg
Released:	October 24, 2000
Recorded:	June 13 & 14, 2000
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Telarc
Prev Title:	McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Land of Giants
Next Year:	2003

Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century is a solo piano album by McCoy Tyner released on the Telarc label in 2000.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Paula Edelstein states that "The songs and artists McCoy Tyner has selected to pay tribute to are all great examples of his excellent ability to blend these various sources of inspiration and his compositional integrity into a coherent, persuasive whole. Nowhere is this clearer or more meaningful than on these solo concerts".^[1]

Track listing

1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie) - 2:54
2. "Pannonica" (Monk) - 3:37
3. "My Foolish Heart" (Young) - 4:20
4. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Russell) - 4:26
5. "Blues for Fatha" - 4:00
6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) - 4:06
7. "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing, Weiss) - 3:35
8. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:40
9. "Happy Days" - 5:50
10. "Rio" - 4:57
11. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) - 4:51
12. "St. Louis Blues" (Handy) - 3:39
13. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Brooks, Razaf, Waller) - 3:41
14. "Misty" (Burke, Garner) - 3:06

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• Recorded at Ambient Recording Studio, Stamford, Connecticut on June 13 & 14, 2000

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner - piano

Notes and References

1. Edelstein, P. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r503889|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed March 6, 2009.