Milestone Records
1974
Recorded during concert performance at the Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival; Saturday, July 7, 1973.
Piano, Percussion – McCoy Tyner
Drums – Alphonse Mouzon
Bass – Joony Booth
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Azar Lawrence
Tracklist
A1 Presenting The McCoy Tyner Quartet 1:18
A2 Enlightenment Suite, Part 1: Genesis 10:04
A3 Enlightenment Suite, Part 2: The Offering (Solo Piano) 4:18
B1 Enlightenment Suite, Part 3: Inner Glimpse 10:36
B2 Presence 10:31
C1 Nebula 8:36
C2 Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit – Introduction 6:36
D Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit 18:42
Few musicians are able to make their music feel as urgent or sound as epic as McCoy Tyner was able to in his prime, and nowhere does he do it more definitively than on this live set recorded at the Montreaux Jazz festival In 1973, which captures the impassioned, cerebral majesty of his studio work and transfers it to the stage with full potency, particularly during the twenty-five minute closer “Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit”, which has since gone on to become Tyner’s signature song. Absolutely mind-blowing in its intensity, I think it would be virtually impossible to find another live album that matches the sound and fury that these four musicians produced on this date. (Review by The Ranting Recluse)