Cosmos (McCoy Tyner album)


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. The full album is only available on CD as part of the box set, but the three tracks from the July 21, 1970 recording session also appear on the CD release of Asante.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "the quality of the performances are consistently high... and the music is consistently intriguing."

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Song for My Lady" - 7:30
  2. "Cosmos" - 9:00
Side Two
  1. "Shaken, But Not Forsaken" - 11:30
  2. "Vibration Blues" - 8:40
Side Three
  1. "Forbidden Land" - 13:50
  2. "Planet X" - 7:40
Side Four
  1. "Asian Lullaby" - 7:27
  2. "Hope" - 14:14
All compositions by McCoy Tyner