This stimulating LP has an interesting combination of players. It may be the only recording to include both pianist {|McCoy Tyner|} and his successor with {|the John Coltrane Quartet|}, {|Alice Coltrane|} (who adds atmosphere with her harp). The set ... Read more

This stimulating LP has an interesting combination of players. It may be the only recording to include both pianist {|McCoy Tyner|} and his successor with {|the John Coltrane Quartet|}, {|Alice Coltrane|} (who adds atmosphere with her harp). The set also matches the young altoist {|Gary Bartz|} with {|Wayne Shorter|} (doubling on tenor and soprano), whom he succeeded in {|Miles Davis|}' group, and reunites {|Shorter|} and bassist {|Ron Carter|}, and {|Tyner|} and drummer {|Elvin Jones|}. The all-star sextet stretches out on lengthy renditions of four of {|Tyner|}'s modal originals, and there is strong solo space for the leader and the two saxophonists. {|Wayne Shorter|} in particular is often quite intense. ~ Scott Yanow Less