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This is somewhat of a jazz standards style of album from McCoy Tyner, unlike the epic instrumental work on many of his albums that comes across like a stream of waves crashing onto the beach.
I like this album. A lot. With songs more of the standards type it is somewhat more austere than much of Tyner's work but there nevertheless is a lot of rich solo play from Henderson and Tyner. I wasn't listening too closely to the bass and drums but with Ron Carter and Al Foster, not surprisingly the playing from all members of the group is excellent.
Joe Henderson gets a beautiful tone out of his instrument even while playing difficult solo passages.
Inside the cover, Chesky Records touts the fact that they are especially careful in the recording techniques they use to achieve the best possible sound. The sound quality is indeed outstanding so their boasts appear to be justified.
One reviewer commented that this was not the SACD version. It appears that when you do a review here for either one of the versions the review shows up on both. So, you may or may not be clicked on the SACD version. I see from the cover of mine that it is indeed the SACD version. It is probably worth getting that version so long as you can get one for $14 or so like you can when I bought mine.
Addendum Nov 2020: Been a long time since I listened to this album. One thing that struck me that I see I did not comment on in my previous review: The final song titled "Home". I think this song very much exemplifies the excellence of McCoy Tyner. The instrumental work is exemplary, and I especially enjoyed Joe Henderson's saxophone work, and it leads me to the conclusion I need to listen to more Joe Henderson. But most of all I loved the composition. My hunch was that Tyner wrote it and indeed the liner notes indicate that he did. To me this song is a beautiful representative of Tyner's ability to compose top-tier songs in the mainstream jazz venue, but also exhibiting his distinctive Tyneresque style.
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James M. Fisher
Beautifully played, beautifully recorded!
Reviewed in Canada on October 31, 2016