“Pianist McCoy Tyner is best known for being a member of the John Coltrane Quartet beginning in 1960. During those years, Tyner re-invented the piano as a highly percussive, stirring instrument that churned the waters for Coltrane's abstraction and spiritual solos. For some strange reason, in late 1962 and the first half of 1963, Tyner was commissioned by producer Bob Thiele to record more straightforward jazz albums as a leader. These albums included
Reaching Fourth, Today and
Tomorrow and McCoy Tyner Plays Duke Ellington. But the finest of these after-midnight piano recordings was
Nights of Ballads and Blues. ...”
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