McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy LP xx1984 Established at the end of

Established at the end of the decade in response to The Nun's growing affiliations with major music labels

" lyrics that sound like they could have sailed out of Hank Williams

That manic rock 'n' roll energy is much more prominent here than sweaty basketball shorts

Distant Moon moves from soothing to surreal

McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy LP xx1984 Established at the end ofAs the first album that McCoy Tyner made after splitting with Coltranes freer work in the mid 60s, lovers of that late phase Coltrane material could see The Real McCoy at the very least as a comfortable revisiting of bop playing and composing. But I also cant go by that piano solo on Passion Dance for its incredible cluster chords and out of this world left hand syncopationthats the Real McCoy! Mitch