Triplicity (Mickey Tucker album) explained

Triplicity
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mickey Tucker
Cover:	Triplicity (album).jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	December 22, 1975 RCA Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Xanadu 128
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Mickey Tucker
Prev Title:	The New Heritage Keyboard Quartet
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Doublet
Next Year:	1976

Triplicity is an album by pianist Mickey Tucker which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[3] Down Beat stated "Tucker's dazzling harmonic sensibility is impressively united with an idiomatic eclecticism embracing everything from ragtime to Cecil Taylorish flurries".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Mickey Tucker except as indicated

1. "Happy" - 4:54
2. "Blues for Khalid Yasin" - 4:48
3. "Malapaga" - 8:34
4. "Strange Blues" - 5:32
5. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) - 5:36
6. "Suite for Eddie: The Man from Gladden" - 5:48
7. "Suite for Eddie: Something for a Quiet Man" - 7:35
8. "Suite for Eddie: Boyd Street Bop" - 4:17

Personnel

• Mickey Tucker - piano, organ
• Jimmy Ponder - guitar (tracks 5-8)
• Gene Perla - bass
• Eddie Gladden - drums

Notes and References

1. Payne, D., Jimmy Ponder discography accessed May 2, 2014
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/triplicity-mw0000914915 Allmusic listing
4. http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=2900 All About Jazz musician entry