# Time for Tyner

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***Time for Tyner*** is the ninth album as a leader by jazz pianist [McCoy Tyner](/source/McCoy_Tyner) and his third released on the [Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note_Records) label. It was recorded in May 1968 and features performances by Tyner with vibraphonist [Bobby Hutcherson](/source/Bobby_Hutcherson), bassist [Herbie Lewis](/source/Herbie_Lewis_(musician)), and drummer [Freddie Waits](/source/Freddie_Waits).

The album includes three Tyner originals followed by three [jazz standards](/source/Jazz_standards). The first four tracks are played by the full quartet, the fifth by a trio (without Hutcherson), and the final track is a piano solo.

Tyner and Hutcherson became good friends and recorded together a number of times through the years. At this point, Tyner had already appeared on Hutcherson's Blue Note album *[Stick-Up!](/source/Stick-Up!)* (1966). Later, they reprised the quartet format of *Time for Tyner* on three tracks of Tyner's *[Quartets 4 X 4](/source/Quartets_4_X_4)* (1980) and on *[Land of Giants](/source/Land_of_Giants)* (2003) as well as on four tracks from Hutcherson's *[Solo / Quartet](/source/Solo_/_Quartet)* (1982). Tyner also included Hutcherson on three larger ensemble projects: *[Sama Layuca](/source/Sama_Layuca)* (1974), *[Together](/source/Together_(McCoy_Tyner_album))* (1979), and *[La Leyenda de La Hora](/source/La_Leyenda_de_La_Hora)* (1981). As co-leaders, they recorded the duo album *[Manhattan Moods](/source/Manhattan_Moods)* (1993).[2]

*Time for Tyner* was remastered by [Rudy Van Gelder](/source/Rudy_Van_Gelder) in 2004 and issued on CD the following year as part of the Rudy Van Gelder Edition.

## Reception

[Harvey Pekar](/source/Harvey_Pekar), writing for *[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)* in a contemporary review, said Tyner's playing was "quite inspired and vigorous" and that Tyner "seemingly always performs with discipline and good taste."[3] *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a powerhouse performance from first to last."[4] The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) calls the album "A fine all-round showcase for McCoy Tyner in the late '60s."[5]

An *[All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz)* review by John Kelman says, "Tyner's three originals here are characteristic of his writing at the time, logical expansions on the modal approach he honed in his years with [John Coltrane](/source/John_Coltrane). ... While the ensuing years have proven *Time for Tyner* to be more of a way station than a push forward, it's still fully deserving of the Van Gelder remaster treatment. It's also proof that Tyner's ability to reinvent standards was certainly on par with his own compositional acumen."[6]

Reed Jackson, writing for *Spectrum Culture*, states, "Of the three original tracks on *Time for Tyner*, the first, 'African Village,' is the strongest, and on it Hutcherson all but takes center stage. It opens with a punchy, propulsive bass line from Herbie Lewis, the kind of instantly effective, eminently repeatable riff that, in a few years, fusion bands would be building whole songs around. ... Hutcherson delivers the main melodic thrust, a killer three-part climb and descent, which Tyner alternately elaborates upon in dizzying staccato bursts or bolsters with tolling chords." The review concludes, "While *Time for Tyner* does not have the unadulterated sweep of Tyner's major '70s albums such as *[Sahara](/source/Sahara_(McCoy_Tyner_album))*, it is a valuable record of an artist approaching new territory."[7]

## Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as noted.

1. "African Village" - 12:11
1. "Little Madimba" - 8:34
1. "May Street" - 5:22
1. "[I Didn't Know What Time It Was](/source/I_Didn't_Know_What_Time_It_Was)" ([Hart](/source/Lorenz_Hart), [Rodgers](/source/Richard_Rodgers)) - 7:10
1. "[The Surrey with the Fringe on Top](/source/The_Surrey_with_the_Fringe_on_Top)" ([Hammerstein](/source/Oscar_Hammerstein_II), Rodgers) - 5:12
1. "[I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face](/source/I've_Grown_Accustomed_to_Her_Face)" ([Lerner](/source/Alan_Jay_Lerner), [Loewe](/source/Frederick_Loewe)) - 4:27

## Personnel

- [McCoy Tyner](/source/McCoy_Tyner) - piano
- [Bobby Hutcherson](/source/Bobby_Hutcherson) - [vibes](/source/Vibraphone) (tracks 1–4)
- [Herbie Lewis](/source/Herbie_Lewis_(musician)) - [bass](/source/Upright_bass) (tracks 1–5)
- [Freddie Waits](/source/Freddie_Waits) - drums (tracks 1–5)

## References

1. [*Billboard* Aug 2, 1969](https://books.google.com/books?id=dygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Time+for+Tyner+84307&pg=PA56)

1. Blumenthal, Bob. "A New Look at *Time for Tyner*", Blue Note Records, RVG Edition 7243 5 63839 2 0, 2005.

1. [Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat): November 13, 1969 vol. 36, no. 23.

1. Cook, Richard & Brian Morton (2006 [1992]). ["McCoy Tyner"](https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/1310). *The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings*. [The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz). 8th. ed. New York: Penguin. pp. [1310](https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/1310). ISBN 0-14-102327-9.

1. Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed 20 February 2009.

1. Kelman, John (September 19, 2005). ["McCoy Tyner: Time for Tyner"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/time-for-tyner-mccoy-tyner-blue-note-records-review-by-john-kelman). *AllAboutJazz*. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

1. Jackson, Reed (June 15, 2023). ["McCoy Tyner: Time for Tyner"](https://spectrumculture.com/2023/06/15/mccoy-tyner-time-for-tyner-review/). *Spectrum Culture*. Retrieved June 26, 2025.

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