McCoy Tyner - Extensions - Tone Poet LP

180g Vinyl LP! Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series!Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes!Produced by Music Matters' Joe Harley!Pressed at RTI! McCoy Tyner looked towards Africa on his stunning 1970 album Extensions, a far-reaching exploration of Black identity that marked the masterful pianist's fifth recording for Blue Note Records. After leaving John Coltrane's band, Tyner had moved from Impulse to Blue Note and made his enduring post-bop classic The Real McCoy in 1967. In the following years, Tyner steadily expanded his musical scope: writing for a nine-piece ensemble on Tender Moments, exploring the textures of a piano/vibes-led quartet with Bobby Hutcherson on Time for Tyner, and pushing at the boundaries of mainstream jazz on Expansions. Extensions is perhaps most notable for being the only recorded collaboration between Tyner and Alice Coltrane who plays harp on three of the album's four pieces (all composed by Tyner) along with Gary Bart