McCoy Tyner – Sahara

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Label:	Milestone (4) – MSP 9039
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1972
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Post Bop, Modal

Tracklist

A1	Ebony Queen	8:58
A2	A Prayer For My Family	4:45
A3	Valley Of Life Koto – McCoy Tyner Percussion – Alphonze Mouzon* Percussion, Reeds – Calvin Hill	5:17
A4	Rebirth	5:19
B	Sahara Percussion, Flute – McCoy Tyner Percussion, Reeds – Calvin Hill Percussion, Reeds, Trumpet – Alphonze Mouzon*	23:28

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Decca Recording Studios
Remixed At – Mercury Sound Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Milestone Records
Pressed By – Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Published By – Aisha Music Co.

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Sonny Fortune (tracks: A4)
Bass – Calvin Hill (tracks: A1, A3 to B)
Composed By – McCoy Tyner
Design – Ron Warwell
Drums – Alphonze Mouzon* (tracks: A1, A3 to B)
Engineer – Elvin Campbell
Flute – Sonny Fortune (tracks: A3, B)
Liner Notes – Bob Palmer*
Mastered By – Ray Hagerty
Photography By [Cover & Liner Photographs] – Clarence Eastmond
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Producer – Orrin Keepnews
Soprano Saxophone – Sonny Fortune (tracks: A1, B)

Notes

Recorded January 1972 at Decca Recording Studios, New York City. Remixed February 1972 at Mercury Sound Studios, New York City.

℗ 1972 AUDIOFIDELITY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Yellow & Red labels. No mention of Fantasy Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): MSP-9039-A
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): MSP-9039-B
Matrix / Runout (side a runout - etched): MSP 9039A 1972 AUDIOFIDELITY SON
Matrix / Runout (side b runout - etched): MSP 9039B 1972 AUDIOFIDELITY SON

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Sahara (LP, Album)	Milestone (4), Milestone (4)	SMJX-10141, MSP 9039	Japan	1972
New Submission	Sahara (LP, Album)	Milestone (4)	M-9111	France	1972
New Submission	Sahara (LP, Album, Promo, Sonic Pressing)	Milestone (4)	MSP 9039	US	1972
New Submission	Sahara (LP, Album)	Milestone (4)	MSP-9039	Japan	1972
New Submission	Sahara (LP, Album, Terre Haute Press)	Milestone (4)	MSP 9039	US	1972

Reviews

Monsieur_Renard Nov 22, 2022
Possibly one of the most intense 'spiritual' jazz-records I own. The titletrack is superb and unrivaled. Not only Tyner is at his best, but so is Fortune, Mouzon and Hill. Maybe not the most known or famous album of Tyner, but to me certainly one of his best. The Milestone-pressing I own sounds very good, so no need for a reissue.

This (post-Blue Note)-period of Tyner is often overlooked, but contains some of his most creative and intense albums.