Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)

The album features seven well-known jazz standards interspersed with five originals by Tyner and one piece by his former employer and mentor John Coltrane, "Lazy Bird" (styled here as "Lazybird") from the 1958 album Blue Train. Two of Tyner's originals were new compositions, "View from the Hill" and "Rio". Tyner had recorded the other three previously but not in solo versions: "Contemplation" is from the 1967 album The Real McCoy, "Peresina" comes from Expansions recorded the following year, and "You Taught My Heart to Sing"which went on to become Tyner's most widely covered piecefirst appeared on the 1985 album ''It's About Time''. The last three recordings on the album"Autumn Leaves", "Peresina", and "When I Fall in Love"appear only on the CD edition, not the LP. ==Reception==

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states that "Tyner at times on this record sounds romantic and in other spots hints a bit at Art Tatum. This is a rather special project from one of the finest jazz pianists of the past 35 years." Jazzwise included this album on its list of "11 essential" McCoy Tyner albums, calling the recording "A remarkable artistic success." == Track listing ==

• "Yesterdays" (Harbach, Kern) - 4:40 • "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (Cahn, Tyner) - 5:12 • "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) - 3:36 • "View from the Hill" - 4:03 • "Lazy Bird" (Coltrane) - 3:55 • "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) - 5:41 • "Rio" - 4:43 • "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 3:59 • "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:35 • "Contemplation" - 5:27 • "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prévert) - 4:08 Bonus track on CD • "Peresina" - 6:08 Bonus track on CD • "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD :All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated :*Recorded at Merkin Hall, NYC, October 25 (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), 26 (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8 & 13) and 27 (tracks 4, 11 & 12), 1988 == Personnel ==

• McCoy Tyner – piano == References ==