Horizon (McCoy Tyner album)

Horizon is a 1979 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in April 1979 and features performances by Tyner with Joe Ford, George Adams, John Blake, Charles Fambrough, Al Foster and Guilherme Franco.

Horizon
Studio album by McCoy Tyner
Released	1980[1]
Recorded	April 24 & 25, 1979
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:11 (original LP)
Label	Milestone
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
McCoy Tyner chronology
Together (1978) Horizon (1980) Quartets 4 X 4 (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos states "Tyner realizes a perfectly balanced, extroverted, compatible and utterly unique front line. It enables him to offer some of the most remarkable, memorable and powerful music of his career".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where noted

1. "Horizon" - 12:01
2. "Woman of Tomorrow" (Blake) - 7:41
3. "Motherland" (Blake) 7:17
4. "One for Honor" (Fambrough) - 4:29
5. "Just Feelin'" - 7:44
6. "Horizon" [alternate take] - 11:46 Bonus track on 2007 reissue

Personnel

• McCoy Tyner: piano
• Joe Ford: alto saxophone (track 3), soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 5 & 6), flute (track 2)[1]
• George Adams: tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), flute (track 2)
• John Blake: violin (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
• Charles Fambrough: bass
• Al Foster: drums
• Guilherme Franco: congas (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)

References

1. Horizon (McCoy Tyner album) at Discogs
2. Allmusic Review
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 196. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Nastos, M. Allmusic Review accessed February 25, 2009.