Live at Sweet Basil [Live]

Live at Sweet Basil [Live]

Live at Sweet Basil [Live]

ASIN: B0000014LL

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McCoy Tyner has probably recorded as many albums as anyone in jazz over the past 30 years, but very few of those releases capture him in his usual nightclub format: the piano trio. That's a shame, for Tyner has spent more time in this configuration than any other and has reshaped it to his own distinctive style of playing. Now, at long last, we have a worthy document of the McCoy Tyner Trio in action, "Live at Sweet Basil," a 2 CD, 92-minute set recorded at the Manhattan club in '89 and only now released in the U.S. Tyner is the most percussive pianist this side of Cecil Taylor. With his powerful left hand and his heavy foot on the sustain pedal, Tyner thickens the usual triads with unexpected notes and accents. His two-fisted attack on the keyboard enables him to build harmonies of orchestral proportions, and that imposing architecture is best appreciated in the relatively open landscape of the piano trio. Tyner establishes propulsive tempos himself, but he often hands them off to drummer Aaron Scott and longtime bassist Avery Sharpe while the pianist jumps off on a harmonic tangent. Scott is sometimes excessive with the cymbals, but Sharpe's playing boasts a combination of muscle and imagination that mirrors the leader's. The album includes two compositions by Tyner's old employer, John Coltrane, as well as two apiece by Tyner himself and by his original inspiration, Thelonious Monk. Two ballad standards are treated as unaccompanied piano solos, and several other tunes begin with similar solos. --Geoffrey Himes

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Live at Sweet Basil
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    Release Date: 1995-01-27

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    1. Crescent
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    3. Darn That Dream
    4. Sweet Basil Swing
    5. Round Midnight

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    1. Yesterdays
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    McCoy Tyner has probably recorded as many albums as anyone in jazz over the past 30 years, but very few of those releases capture him in his usual nightclub format: the piano trio. That's a shame, for Tyner has spent more time in this configuration than any other and has reshaped it to his own distinctive style of playing. Now, at long last, we have a worthy document of the McCoy Tyner Trio in action, "Live at Sweet Basil," a 2 CD, 92-minute set recorded at the Manhattan club in '89 and only now released in the U.S. Tyner is the most percussive pianist this side of Cecil Taylor. With his powerful left hand and his heavy foot on the sustain pedal, Tyner thickens the usual triads with unexpected notes and accents. His two-fisted attack on the keyboard enables him to build harmonies of orchestral proportions, and that imposing architecture is best appreciated in the relatively open landscape of the piano trio. Tyner establishes propulsive tempos himself, but he often hands them off to drummer Aaron Scott and longtime bassist Avery Sharpe while the pianist jumps off on a harmonic tangent. Scott is sometimes excessive with the cymbals, but Sharpe's playing boasts a combination of muscle and imagination that mirrors the leader's. The album includes two compositions by Tyner's old employer, John Coltrane, as well as two apiece by Tyner himself and by his original inspiration, Thelonious Monk. Two ballad standards are treated as unaccompanied piano solos, and several other tunes begin with similar solos. --Geoffrey Himes
    Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1
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    Release Date: 1993-03-30

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    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic.......2005-08-01

    This live album by Gil evans is incredible. The second one is very good also. I think i saw at the virgin megastore in Paris a japanese boxed set with 4 or 5 CD's that was a complete set of these concerts. Of course I stupidly did not buy it. However these two CD's are already enough. The playing is superb.
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        5 out of 5 stars Fantastic.......2005-08-01

        This live album by Gil evans is incredible. The second one is very good also. I think i saw at the virgin megastore in Paris a japanese boxed set with 4 or 5 CD's that was a complete set of these concerts. Of course I stupidly did not buy it. However these two CD's are already enough. The playing is superb.
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                • this album rules!
                • Whoa! Where did this come from?
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                5 out of 5 stars this album rules!.......2006-03-03

                stright and to the point. yet from many different angles and reflected through many lenses. this album is elegant, poingnant, inspired, rehearsed, and more than anything...FUN. if you like players who feed off of each other and take chances galore than this is totally for you. i cannot recommend this album enough. what an amazing trio!

                5 out of 5 stars Whoa! Where did this come from?.......2004-01-31

                I got pulled into piano jazz through some roundabout circumstance, and over the years had become comfortable with the various players. And then, here is this trio, out of nowhere! Technical virtuosity combined with actual musicality and inventiveness that has blown my mind. I like "alternative" and "punk" and "roots rock", and jazz. But, the quote "jazz" is often is constrained by parameters just like other genres, and one might not even be aware of those constraints. Well, these three are heading off on their own, and to such HUGE musical satisfaction! It's hard to say why this trio isn't legendary yet. Jean-Michele is as innovative as they come, and he has a muscular and sensitive bass and drums, that it just makes my hair stand on end. This is legendary playing. I'm no writer, and it's late, and I'm rambling. But if you enjoy jazz piano and adventure, there's nothing that comes close.

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                These musicians are truly stretching the limits of jazz. Each member of the trio are both virtuosic and tasteful. Jean-Michel Pilc is like a mix between Vladimir horowitz and thelonious monk. His touch is very expressive and smooth, while he has the ability to explode with a chord at any second... keep in mind that through all of this, tastefulness is prevalent. the music is absolutely incredible and should really speak for itself.

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