McCoy Tyner : La Leyenda de la Hora

McCoy Tyner; La Leyenda de la Hora (The Legend of the Hour)
Recorded at Rudy van Gelder Studios, CBS, 1981.

La Vida Feliz (The Happy Life)
Ja'cara (A Serenade)
La Habana Sol (The Havana Sun)
Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit
La Busca (The Search)

A truly awesome album, hidden behind yet another truly dreadful cover. Carin Goldberg, hang your head in shame! Tucked away in that sleeve, comes an info/picture insert showing McCoy looking pretty chuffed with his light summer suit he must have picked up from Mantilla's tailor.

A top notch line-up that includes Bobby Hutcherson, Hubert Laws, Marcus Belgrave and Chico Freeman. All five tracks are damn fine, with La vida Feliz and Walk Spirit/Talk Spirit being the stand outs.

Ray Mantilla Space Station & Steve Grossman

Synergy

Ray Mantilla Space Station and Steve Grossman.

Recorded February 1986, Bologna, Italy. Red Records.

Another monster helping of Mantilla following on from Bacoso's banging drop over at Orgy in Rhythm. The high quality continues here, with some added spice from Steve Grossman on Star eyes, Eronel and Laye. Caminos de Macchu Picchu is probably the pick of the cuts, however if i was Simon, i'd dim the lights at the next Afrolounge, turn on the smoke machine, then hit em hard with Synergy at full tilt. No shit eating grins were allowed on this session, serious gears from start to finish. Can anyone come up with his other 2 albums on Red reocrds, Hands of Fire or Dark Powers ...

1; 06:31 Caminos de macchu picchu

2; 05:19 Piasaje

3; 10:23 Star eyes

4; 02:28 Synergy

5; 04:55 Brother Ray

6; 08:53 Eronel

7; 08:40 Laye