{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Counterpoints | type = Live album | artist = McCoy Tyner | cover = Counterpoints.jpg | alt = | released = September 24, 2004 | recorded = July 28, 1978 | venue = Live Under the Sky | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Milestone | producer = Orrin Keepnews | prev_title = Passion Dance | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Together | next_year = 1978 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r711747 Allmusic Review]</ref> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1426}}</ref> }}
'''''Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo''''' is a live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released in the Milestone label in 2004. It was recorded, along with ''Passion Dance'' (1978), in July 1978 at the Live Under the Sky festival in Tokyo, Japan and features performances by Tyner with drummer Tony Williams and bassist Ron Carter.
== Reception == The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states "Even with Tyner's fierce attack at the keyboard and his heavy use of the sustain pedal at times, the sound is remarkably clear".<ref>Dryden, K. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r711747|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed February 24, 2009.</ref>
== Track listing == # "The Greeting" – 11:30 # "Aisha" – 7:08 # "Sama Layuca" – 6:38 # "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) – 9:20 # "Iki Masho (Let's Go)" – 13:58 :''All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated'' * Recorded at "Live Under The Sky", Denen Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 1978
== Personnel == * McCoy Tyner – piano * Ron Carter – bass (tracks 1, 4 & 5) * Tony Williams – drums
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Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews Category:2004 live albums Category:McCoy Tyner live albums Category:Milestone Records live albums