I picked up McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy today. It was recorded in 1967, two years after he left Trane's band. It features Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones. To me, it sounds like Kenny Garrett's Songbook album run through late-sixties recoding gear (the drums are super-phasey, which is so cool), and of course Kenny Garrett had the same influences. What I mean is the melodies aren't too avant-garde, and it's modal, but more compositional than freak-out, but they really let loose in the solos. It's melodic but not too obvious, and aggressive in places without being a bunch of honking. A good balance. Also, it's a nice size, five songs in under 40 minutes. It retailed for $12, so I woud definitely recommend it to anyone interested.

I've been listening to Sun Ship lately, and while most songs sound very similar, I like all the playing. So I got The Real McCoy because I've been lucky with buying albums because I liked what guys did on other records (best find: Pat Metheny and Ornette Colemans's Song X, because it has most of the band from Michael Brecker's first solo album), and my luck did not fail today. I love it! Sooo...

Question: If I like Trane's quartet stuff the most, and I looove this record, what else would I like that features the same artists?

i love me some mccoy...the mans a genius

idid athread a while abck and got jack shit response

I have this record McCoy did with Al Foster & Stanley Clarke and it's more compositional than freak out like you were talking about. It's just called "McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke & Al Foster." I think it was released in the 90's but it's really great! Check it out!