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McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind

In May 1976, “Milestone” label released “Fly with the Wind”, the 23rd McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in January 1976, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute
  • Paul Renzi – piccolo, flute
  • Raymond Duste – oboe
  • Stuart Canin – violin
  • Franklin Foster – violin
  • Daniel Kobialka – violin
  • Peter Schaffer – violin
  • Edmund Weingart – violin
  • Myra Bucky – violin
  • Mark Volkert – violin
  • Selwart Clarke – viola
  • Daniel Yale – viola
  • Sally Kell – cello
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • Linda Wood – harp
  • Guilherme Franco – tambourine

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Fly with the Wind
  2. Salvadore de Samba
  3. Beyond the Sun
  4. You Stepped out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  5. Rolem

Herbie Hancock: Sunlight

On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Sunlight”, the 19th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals (vocoder), keyboards, synthesizers, string, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers
  • Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo
  • Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
  • Byron Miller, Paul Jackson, Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, James Levi, Harvey Mason, Sr., Tony Williams – drums
  • Raul Rekow, Bill Summers – percussion
  • Baba Duru – table
  • Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O’Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass
  • Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind
  • Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
  • David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Chris Minto, Cheryl Ward – engineer
  • Steve Mantoani – engineer
  • Terry Becker – engineer assistant
  • Phill Brown – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.

  1. I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Come Running to Me – lyrics by Allee Willis
  3. Sunlight
  4. No Means Yes
  5. Good Question