Revelations (McCoy Tyner album) explained

Revelations
Type:	Live album
Artist:	McCoy Tyner
Cover:	Revelations (McCoy Tyner album).jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	October 25–27, 1988
Venue:	Merkin Hall, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Blue Note
Prev Title:	Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Uptown/Downtown
Next Year:	1988

Revelations is an album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was Tyner's first solo piano album since Echoes of a Friend (1972) and first Blue Note recording (apart from 1985's It's About Time with Jackie McLean) since Asante (1970). It was recorded in October 1988 and features thirteen solo performances by Tyner recorded at Merkin Hall. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "This is a rather special project from one of the finest jazz pianists of the past 35 years".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:40
2. "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:12
3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) - 3:36
4. "View from the Hill" - 4:03
5. "Lazy Bird" (Coltrane) - 3:55
6. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 5:41
7. "Rio" - 4:43
8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 3:59
9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:35
10. "Contemplation" - 5:27
11. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prévert) - 4:08 Bonus track on CD
12. "Peresina" - 6:08 Bonus track on CD
13. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• Recorded at Merkin Hall, NYC, October 25 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), 26 (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8 & 13) and 27 (tracks 4, 11 & 12), 1988

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner – piano

Notes and References

1. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149227|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed March 3, 2009.