Passion Dance
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Passion Dance |
| type | Live album |
| artist | McCoy Tyner |
| cover | Passion Dance.jpg |
| released | 1978 |
| recorded | July 28, 1978 |
| venue | Live Under the Sky |
| genre | Jazz |
| label | Milestone |
| producer | Orrin Keepnews |
| prev_title | The Greeting |
| prev_year | 1978 |
| next_title | Counterpoints |
| next_year | 2004 |
| :: |
| name = Passion Dance | type = Live album | artist = McCoy Tyner | cover = Passion Dance.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = July 28, 1978 | venue = Live Under the Sky | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Milestone | producer = Orrin Keepnews | prev_title = The Greeting | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Counterpoints | next_year = 2004 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen |url-access=registration | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 196
Passion Dance is a 1978 live album by the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his fourteenth release on the Milestone label. It was recorded in July 1978 at the Live Under the Sky festival in Tokyo, Japan and features predominantly solo performances by Tyner, with two tracks including drummer Tony Williams and bassist Ron Carter. A second album from this concert, Counterpoints, was released in 2004.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "All of Tyner's Milestone records of the 1970's are recommended and this is one of the better ones".
Track listing
- "Moment's Notice" (Coltrane) – 9:23
- "Passion Dance" – 11:47
- "Search for Peace" – 6:36
- "The Promise" (Coltrane) – 6:28
- "Song of the New World" – 7:12 :All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated :*Recorded at "Live Under The Sky", Denen Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 1978
Personnel
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Ron Carter – bass (tracks 1 & 5)
- Tony Williams – drums (tracks 1 & 5)
References
References
- Yanow, Scott. "McCoy Tyner: ''Passion Dance''".
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