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Guitars (CD/DVD) | 
| Artist: Mccoy Tyner
Label: MCCOY TYNER MUSIC
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 251
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 4537
UPC: 616892453727
EAN: 0616892453727
ASIN: B001D84S0Q
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Improvisation 2 (with Marc Ribot) | | • | Passion Dance (with Marc Ribot) | | • | 500 Miles (with Marc Ribot) | | • | Mr. P.C. (with John Scofield) | | • | Blues On The Corner (with John Scofield) | | • | Improvisation 1 (with Marc Ribot) | | • | Trade Winds (with Bela Fleck) | | • | Amberjack (with Bela Fleck) | | • | My Favorite Things (with Bela Fleck) | | • | Slapback Blues (with Derek Trucks) | | • | Greensleeves (with Derek Trucks) | | • | Contemplation (with Bill Frisell) | | • | Boubacar (with Bill Frisell) | | • | Baba Drame (with Bill Frisell) |
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Product Description
''I've never done anything like this before'' McCoy Tyner recently said of his second album on McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note Records, a CD/DVD titled GUITARS. Along with a trio of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, Tyner invited guitarists Bill Frisell, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot, and banjoist Bela Fleck for the studio recording and DVD shoot, scheduled for a September 23 release. ''It was great, and each guy had his own concept and own sound which is very, very important on any instrument, '' said Tyner, ''You know, I look for that, the individual sound and concept. ''
Legendary producer John Snyder oversaw the project along with executive producers Jeff Levenson, VP of McCoy Tyner Muisc/Half Note Records, and Steve Bensusan, President of the Blue Note Jazz Club. Said Levenson, ''What impressed me about the project was how seamless the integration was. We have guys with disparate styles. You have guys who approach their instruments differently. The beauty of this project is how they all found common ground with McCoy. ''
The CD is accompanied by a state of the art DVD featuring songs with each special guest guitarist and bonus footage. The DVD has 3 hours of multiple-angle viewing capability. By clicking the ANGLE button on the remote or the player on a computer, one can watch the Editor s Cut on Angle 1, all four musicians at once with Angle 2 (4 quadrants), or isolate any of the musicians and watch them exclusively with Angles 3 through 6.
Tyner, who will turn 70 on December 11, is looking forward to the week-long celebration at the Blue Note in Manhattan that ends on his birthday. When asked about his recording future, Tyner thought for a time and spoke candidly. ''I think there is always something to do that you haven't done exactly. There's always that the idea of what else can I do, and something always comes up. No two days are the same. So we look forward to tomorrow cause that's going to be different from yesterday and today. Hopefully it's a good one! ''
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 McCoy and guests, just what you'd expect September 23, 2008
Matthew Miller (New York, New York)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I had no idea this was coming out until I saw it by chance in a store today and can now happily report that it is another excellent outing by the longstanding jazz master, McCoy Tyner in the middle of a phenomenal jazz trio with a number of distinguished guests. The trio consists of McCoy with Ron Carter on bass and Jack Dejohnette on drums. The guests are all either guitarists or in the case of Bela Fleck, a banjo player. The result is a varied, always interesting takes on a number of songs, including some Tyner standards, some classic Coltrane songs and a few of the guests' compositions for good measure.
The trio at the standard is exactly what you would expect, namely, superb. The skills of Tyner, Carter and Dejohnette have already in numerous places been praised, so I see no need to say anything other than that they live up to there reputations here. Especially Dejohnette, a personal favorite of mine, who constantly amazes with his sense of time, accent and space within the band. Only one person could have possibly done it better than him, in my opinion, and that would have been Elvin Jones. In the end, he and Ron Carter provide a very solid core over which McCoy and guests experiment. McCoy himself is continuing to go strong as he has in the past.
The guests, obviously, make this recording interesting, and there is a lot in there contributions. There are five of them (Marc Ribot, John Scofield, Bela Fleck, Derek Trucks and Bill Frisell) and each has a very distinctive style and repertoire. The result is that the album is varied, not so varied as to lack cohesion, but varied enough to remain interesting throughout. Their very specifics sorts of tones add a lot to the mix of the album. Trucks, for instance is very blues driven, while Scofield has a wider, more mellow tone. A personal favorite for me is Bela Fleck. Anyone familiar with his album with Chick Corea, 'The Enchantment', will know how versatile and talented he is. Here he plays three songs, two of his originals and 'My Favorite Things'. His compositions are probably the most interesting on the album, distinctive from the more standard sounding sorts of songs (like the Coltrane blues 'Mr PC') and they offer McCoy a different sort of space to some into musically. That being said, Bela also fits right in on 'My Favorite things' demonstrating some very healthy, sometimes Trane-like complicated licks. John Scofield is my next favorite. He really tears it up 'Mr PC', so much so, that McCoy remarks afterwards that the guitar had to have caught on fire.
Which brings me to my last point, and a great surprise for me, the Bonus DVD. The quote from Tyner cannot be found on the album itself, but on the DVD, which contains studio video of some of the songs from the album. For each song, there is a section while they warm up and discuss the way they will play the song, and then there is the song itself, followed by a brief period of conversation. The song is obviously the most interesting part, as you get to see the musicians actually performing. The best part of this arrangement, are the multiple camera angles. They had four cameras in the studio, one on each musician and there are six different viewing options. The first one is pre-edited and switches from musician to musician. The second one shows all angles simultaneously and the last four show just one specific musician (like Jack Dejohnette, all the way through the song). This was a very interesting feature, Which I had a lot of fun with, being able to watch the musicians work is incredibly impressive, to say the least.
All in All, this was a solid production. I do not think that it is the next 'A Love Supreme', but certainly worth looking into for fans of any of the musicians involved. You will not be disappointed.
 Guitarists were a let down October 2, 2008
Ex Lib (Fort Ross, CA)
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
As a big fan of McCoy Tyner, I decided to buy this album, though I had never heard of two of the guitarists listed. Mr. Tyner's playing is enjoyable, though I think it suffers somewhat from the guitarists on the CD. Of all the guitarists, John Scofield seems the most comfortable. Derek Turks turns in an interesting solo on Slapback Blues and Bill Frisell plays some pleasant lines in Boubacar. Bela Fleck, who isn't a guitarist, seems like he's always playing catch up on his tunes. Marc Ribot sounds as if he took a wrong turn in the Village and ended up in a Jazz club unprepared to play. From the liner notes, Mr. Tyner had never played with Marc Ribot or Derek Trucks. It seems safe to assume, then, that some producer at Half Note Records conceived of this venture. It's an interesting idea but the guitarists are all wrong. The album really never takes a hard swinging flight which Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette are capable of. It's not their fault, though; with the exception of Mr. Scofield, these guitarists are simply outclassed. Why not pick guitarists like Pat Martino, Jimmy Bruno, William Ash, Bob Devos, and Jimmy Ponder? Again, with the exception of John Scofield, none of these guitarists, or banjo player, sounds like they're at home in the hard bop idiom. Mr. Tyner sounds great but it's a shame the geniuses at Half Note didn't call in the big guns to make this an affair to remember.
very interesting musical collaboration November 24, 2008
JJMLLC (MI, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The piano, bass and drum trio is excellent. True collaboration and listening to each other. The various gueast artists have varying degrees of sucess. Folks like Frisell and Scofeild are in their element and it shows. Others such as, Fleck and Ribot do their best to create something interesting. Trucks has a ton of talent but seems to be starstruck a bit, and who can blame him. He is not making the same great music he creates with his band. I still reccomend this to anyone that really likes to hear folks making spontaneuos music together. The DVD is a nice glimpse into the recording environment, although it is not very well done.
 Okay Tyner Just Needs To Retire... December 15, 2008
J. Rich
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This album is just terrible. The idea is pretty cliche, but I had high hopes for this record. It failed on so many levels. The main one being his choice of guitar players. Where "Guitars" totally went wrong was Derek Trucks, Bela Fleck, and Marc Ribot. I can see why Frisell and Scofield were picked. They're two modern jazz guitar legends. Derek Trucks is one of the most pitiful excuses for a guitarist I've ever heard. He shouldn't even be in in the same room with Tyner, Carter, or DeJohnette. He doesn't have the honor nor the skill to play with them. Bela Fleck is a great player, but not in a jazz context. Marc Ribot is just a joke. He's another guitarist who wishes he thinks of things the way Bill Frisell does. Absolutely lame guitarist.
The rhythm section of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette are pretty good, but I've heard better from both of these guys and everyone who's into jazz knows they can do better.
Tyner just needs to stop the charade and retire already. I don't recommend this recording to anybody, because it's just a sad attempt to regain some kind of audience for jazz. On the surface it seems like it would be a good idea, but a close listen will reveal the fact that it's just another failed record for Tyner.
Good November 19, 2008
Flyer X (Schererville, IN USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
McCoy Tyner is my favorite jazz pianist and I play jazz guitar so guess what? I like this CD. I would have made some different song choices for a few of the pieces but it is great to see a diverse group of guitarists playing with McCoy, Ron and Jack.
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