Asante is an album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in 1970 and features performances by Tyner with Andrew White, Ted Dunbar, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Mtume and "Songai" Sandra Smith providing vocals on two tracks. The CD release adds three tracks that originally appeared on the album Cosmos (1976).
The final McCoy Tyner Blue Note album found the innovative pianist during a low point in his career. His records were not selling that well, his mentor John Coltrane had passed away three years earlier, and it was not obvious that Tyner would be able to continue struggling successfully to make a living out of music. Fortunately, his fortunes would soon rise when he signed with Milestone in 1972 and the critics began to rediscover him. Asante is a bit unusual, for the emphasis is on group interplay rather than individual solos.
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Cosmos is a double LP by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label in August 1977. It contains material recorded in November 1968, April 1969 and July 1970 and features two trio performances by Tyner with Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits a larger group featuring Harold Vick, Al Gibbons and a string quartet and a sextet with Hubert Laws, Andrew White and Gary Bartz
McCoy Tyner – Asante. Label: Blue Note – 7243 4 93384 2 5. Format: CD, Album, Reissue. Country: US. Released: 1998. Piano, Composed By – McCoy Tyner. Producer – Duke Pearson. Reissue Producer – Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna. Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Gary Bartz (tracks: 5 to 7). Vocals – Songai (tracks: 1, 2). Notes. Recorded on July 21 ( and September 10 ( 1970 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. originally issued as Asante (BNLA 223). originally issued as part of the double album Cosmos (BNLA 460).
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Asante (Remixed), 1974. Asante (Remixed), 1974.
Artists McCoy Tyner Asante. This album has an average beat per minute of 94 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 80/125 BPM).
Exclusive Prime pricing. This 1998 reissue contains tracks from Asante and another Tyner album released in 1970 called "Cosmos. Tracks were originally issued as Asante. Tracks were originally issued as part of the double album Cosmos. The sound is unusual in that Asante has a distinct African influence, even though the album was recorded in New Jersey. Whether this is authentic or not,I'm not qualified to say, but it's fun to listen to.
