Time for Tyner finds pianist
McCoy Tyner with vibraphonist
Bobby Hutcherson, bassist
Herbie Lewis, and drummer
Freddie Waits.
Tyner and
Hutcherson blend together quite well on the first three tracks from the original program (all
Tyner originals), and both display expertise at coming up with inventive ideas over modal vamps. The other three selections are veteran standards. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is taken by the full quartet,
Hutcherson sits out on "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," and a rhapsodic "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" is a piano solo. A fine all-round showcase for
McCoy Tyner in the late '60s. ~ Scott Yanow