Uptown/Downtown

Uptown/Downtown is a 1988 live album by McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label, his first for the label since 13th House (1980). It was recorded in November 1988 and features performances by Tyner's Big Band, which included Junior Cook, Ricky Ford, Kamau Adilifu and Steve Turre, recorded at the Blue Note jazz club in New York City. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "the results are quite memorable and frequently exciting. Recommended".[2]

Uptown/Downtown
Live album by
Released1988
RecordedNovember 25 & 26, 1988
GenreJazz
LabelMilestone
McCoy Tyner chronology
Revelations
(1988)
Uptown/Downtown
(1988)
Live at Sweet Basil
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

  1. "Love Surrounds Us Everywhere" - 8:25
  2. "Three Flowers" - 6:56
  3. "Genesis" - 7:57
  4. "Uptown" - 7:11
  5. "Lotus Flower" (Turre) - 6:52
  6. "Blues for Basie" - 9:34
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated
  • Recorded at the Blue Note, NYC, November 25 & 26, 1988.

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2009.
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