Live at Sweet Basil (McCoy Tyner album) explained

Live at Sweet Basil
Type:	live
Artist:	McCoy Tyner
Cover:	Live at Sweet Basil (McCoy Tyner album).jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	May 19 & 20, 1989
Venue:	Sweet Basil Jazz Club, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	92:07
Label:	King
Producer:	Horst Liepolt
Prev Title:	Uptown/Downtown
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Next Year:	1989

Live at Sweet Basil is a 1989 live album by McCoy Tyner released on the Japanese King label. It was recorded in May 1989 and features performances by Tyner's trio which included bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Aaron Scott at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in New York City. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "a definitive look at McCoy Tyner in the late '80s".

Track listing

1. "Crescent" (Coltrane) – 10:29
2. "Monk's Dream" (Monk) – 9:35
3. "Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) – 8:18
4. "Sweet Basil Swing" – 6:30
5. "'Round Midnight" (Monk) – 9:51
6. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) – 9:55
7. "Rio" – 8:47
8. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 4:20
9. "Just in Time" (Comden, Green, Styne) – 10:45
10. "Naima" (Coltrane) – 2:51
11. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Adair, Dennis) – 10:46

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• Recorded at Sweet Basil, NYC, May 19 & 20, 1989.

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Avery Sharpe – bass
• Aaron Scott – drums