Enlightenment

by McCoy Tyner

Enlightenment cover art

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, this album captures the immense power and spiritual intensity of McCoy Tyner's mid-70s quartet. The music is a torrent of energy, driven by Tyner's thunderous piano and the explosive drumming of Alphonse Mouzon. The album is a quintessential example of live spiritual jazz at its most potent, with the band taking the modal concepts Tyner pioneered with Coltrane to a new level of intensity.

Genres

  • Spiritual Jazz
  • Post-Bop

Tracklist

  1. Enlightenment Suite, Part 1: Genesis
  2. Enlightenment Suite, Part 2: The Offering
  3. Enlightenment Suite, Part 3: Inner Glimpse
  4. Presence
  5. Nebula
  6. Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit