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Track Listing
1. Improvisation 2 - (featuring Marc Ribot)
2. Passion Dance - (featuring Marc Ribot)
3. 500 Miles - (featuring Marc Ribot)
4. Mr. P.C. - (featuring John Scofield)
5. Blues On the Corner - (featuring John Scofield)
6. Improvisation 1 - (featuring Marc Ribot)
7. Trade Winds - (featuring Bela Fleck)
8. Amberjack - (featuring Bela Fleck)
9. My Favorite Things - (featuring Bela Fleck)
10. Slapback Blues - (featuring Derek Trucks)
11. Greensleeves - (featuring Derek Trucks)
12. Contemplation - (featuring Bill Frisell)
13. Boubacar - (featuring Bill Frisell)
14. Baba Drame - (featuring Bill Frisell)
Album Notes
Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Derek Trucks, Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, John Scofield (guitar); Bela Fleck (banjo); Ron Carter (upright bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums).
One of the most important and enduring jazz pianists emerging from the 1960s, McCoy Tyner needs little introduction. John Coltrane's former sideman's style has always mixed melody, beauty, invention, and volatility. GUITARS is proof he's lost none of his edge. Here, Tyner mixes it up with a seemingly disparate range of guitarists (and one banjoist!), which might shock some old-school fans. Each guitarist joins Tyner's trio for two or three tracks. Marc Ribot's jazz-informed thorniness, John Scofield's plump-toned élan, Bela Fleck's down-home sophistication and clarity, Derek Trucks's tightly wound blue-tones, and Bill Frisell's mystic, Jim Hall-inspired poetry--all meet Tyner on his own turf. Each string-bender is pushed to be his best in this setting.
Industry Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [H]ats off to producer John Snyder for steering him to a project that lets him blow off steam while playing against type for a bit.
Tyner's towering talent has again been placed in a new light, this time on a stunning series of encounters with five guitar greats.
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