Afro Blue (McCoy Tyner album)
# Afro Blue (McCoy Tyner album)

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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | favorable |
| Allmusic | |
| JazzTimes | mixed |
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |

Afro Blue is a jazz album by musician McCoy Tyner, released on November 13, 2007. It compiles recordings from his albums on Telarc Records, documenting his eight-year tenure with the label.

## Track listing

* "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaría) – 12:23
* "If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 6:24
* "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:39
* "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 7:50
* "Summertime" (George Gershwin) – 4:51
* "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Jerome Brainin) – 4:52
* "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:51
* "Carriba" (McCoy Tyner) – 5:38

1 & 7 from McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (1999)

6 & 8 from McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (2000)

3 & 5 from Jazz Roots (2000)

4 from Land of Giants (2003)

2 from Illuminations (2004)

## Personnel

* McCoy Tyner – piano
* Johnny Almendra – timbales (1,7)
* Gary Bartz – saxophone (1, 2, 7)
* Ignacio Berroa – drums (1, 7)
* Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion (1, 7)
* Claudio Roditi – trumpet, flugelhorn (1, 7)
* Avery Sharpe – bass (1, 7)
* Steve Turre – trombone, shells (1, 7)
* Dave Valentin – flute (1, 7)
* Christian McBride – bass (2)
* Lewis Nash – drums (2)
* Bobby Hutcherson – vibes (4)
* Charnett Moffett – bass (4)
* Eric Harland – drums (4)
* Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass, electric bass (6, 8)
* Al Foster – drums (6, 8)
