The Turning Point (McCoy Tyner album)

The Turning Point
Studio album by
McCoy Tyner
Released July 1992
Recorded November 19–20, 1991
Studio Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 55:07
Label Birdology
Producer Jean-François Deiber
McCoy Tyner chronology
Live in Warsaw
(1991) 		The Turning Point
(1992) 		Journey
(1993)
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The Turning Point is an album by McCoy Tyner's Big Band released on the Birdology label in 1992. It was recorded in November 1991 and features performances by Tyner's Big Band.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "Tyner's orchestra (seven brass, four reeds and a four-piece rhythm section) is considered one of the major jazz big bands of the 1990s, a perfect outlet for the leader's percussive and modal-oriented piano".

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where noted; all arrangements by composer except where noted.

  1. "Passion Dance" (arranged by Dennis Mackrel) – 9:05
  2. "Let It Go" (Turre) – 9:14
  3. "High Priest" – 5:14
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis; arranged by Slide Hampton) – 5:15
  5. "Fly with the Wind" – 11:55
  6. "Update" (arranged by Dennis Mackrel) – 8:16
  7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills; arranged by Tyner) – 6:08

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