McCoy Tyner Trio Inception: 2026: AS

McCoy Tyner Trio's Inception on 180g LP. Remastered and Transferred from Analog Tapes. Pressed at QRP and Packaged in Deluxe Gatefold Packaging.

Recorded for Impulse! Records in January of 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio, Inception marked pianist McCoy Tyner’s debut as a leader. This session features a cohesive trio with bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones—both colleagues from John Coltrane’s groups—whose familiarity lends the session its focused clarity. Across a six-track program featuring four Tyner originals (“Inception,” “Sunset,” “Effendi,” and “Blues for Gwen”) alongside “There Is No Greater Love” and “Speak Low,” the trio setting foregrounds Tyner’s distinctive voicings, pedal-point harmonies, and rhythmic drive, supported by Davis and Jones’s firm, responsive interplay. Released as Impulse! was rapidly expanding, the album established Tyner’s identity as a bandleader and stands as an essential early statement in his solo discography.

This Impulse! Series is remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl.