Never-before-issued McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson 1966 live recording set for release on Blue Note

A previously unreleased live set from jazz legends McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson, entitled Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs, will be released on 22 November via Blue Note. The piano and saxophone heavyweights head up a stellar quartet of bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Jack DeJohnette at the hallowed (now lost) NYC jazz shrine, Slugs' Saloon, on a gig from 1966. The release has been produced by Zev ‘Jazz Detective’ Feldman and Jack and Lydia DeJohnette and will be available in 2-LP and 2-CD sets. 

Tyner and Henderson had forged a strong musical bond on Blue Note through the mid-1960s with Tyner appearing on Henderson’s 1963 debut Page One as well as his 1964 albums In ‘N Out and Inner Urge, while Henderson would appear on Tyner’s own Blue Note debut The Real McCoy in 1967.

Forces of Nature includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Francis Wolff, Raymond Ross and Robert Polillo, plus liner notes by esteemed author and critic Nate Chinen, as well as interviews and quotes from Jason Moran, Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Nasheet Waits, and Terri Lyne Carrington

Originally recorded by the legendary engineer Orville O’Brien – who recorded classic 1960s jazz albums such as Freddie Hubbard’s The Night of the Cookers, Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc. and Alice Coltrane's Journey to Satchidananda – the tape has been in DeJohnette's personal archives for nearly 60 years. The 2-LP 180g vinyl set has been transferred from the original tape reel and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, who also mastered the 2-CD and digital version of the music.

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