Soliloquy (McCoy Tyner album) explained

Soliloquy
Type:	live
Artist:	McCoy Tyner
Cover:	Soliloquy (album).jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	February 19–21, 1991
Studio:	Merkin Hall, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Blue Note
Prev Title:	Autumn Mood
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Remembering John
Next Year:	1991

Soliloquy is a 1991 album by McCoy Tyner released by Blue Note Records. Like Revelations (1987) and Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1989) Soliloquy was recorded at Merkin Hall without an audience and features solo performances by Tyner. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states that "McCoy Tyner always sounds in prime form and these diverse songs bring out the best in his passionate style. Highly recommended."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where indicated

1. "Crescent" (John Coltrane) – 5:02
2. "Española" – 3:58
3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:15
4. "Twilight Mist" – 5:15
5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 5:39
6. "Lonnie's Lament" (Coltrane) – 6:00
7. "Tivoli" (Dexter Gordon) – 4:35
8. "Tribute to Lady Day" – 4:45
9. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 4:01
10. "Three Flowers" – 4:47
11. "Bouncing with Bud" (Bud Powell) – 2:58
12. "After the Rain" (Coltrane) – 3:50
13. "Effendi" – 4:01
14. "Crescent" [alternate take] (Coltrane) – 4:56

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner – piano

Notes and References

1. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149230|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed March 3, 2009.