Reaching Fourth
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner Trio
ReleasedFebruary 1963[1]
RecordedNovember 14, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length34:05
LabelImpulse!
A-33
ProducerBob Thiele
McCoy Tyner Trio chronology
Inception
(1962)		 Reaching Fourth
(1963)		 Nights of Ballads & Blues
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Reaching Fourth is the second album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner which was released on the Impulse! label in 1963. It features performances by Tyner with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Roy Haynes.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that the album "although not as intense as his work with the John Coltrane Quartet, is generally memorable and still sounds quite viable 35 years later".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Reaching Fourth" (Tyner) - 4:21
  2. "Goodbye" (Jenkins) - 5:46
  3. "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) - 6:00
  4. "Blues Back" (Tyner) - 6:54
  5. "Old Devil Moon" [From Finian's Rainbow] (Harburg, Lane) - 7:27
  6. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" [From I'd Rather Be Right] (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:47

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Feb 23, 1963
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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