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Cosmos

Released: August, 1976
Recorded: November 22, 1968; April 4, 1969 and July 21, 1970
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Producer: Duke Pearson

Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano
Herbie Lewis: bass
Freddie Waits: drums, timpani, chimes
Harold Vick: soprano saxophone (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Al Gibbons: reeds (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Julian Barber: violin (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Emanuel Green: violin (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Gene Orloff: viola (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Kermit Moore: cello, director (Side One tracks 1-2, Side Two track 1)
Hubert Laws: flute, alto flute (Side Three track 1, Side Four track 1-2)
Gary Bartz: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (Side Three track 1, Side Four track 1-2)
Andrew White: oboe (Side Three track 1, Side Four track 1-2)

Songs
Side One
“Song for My Lady” – 7:30 (Tyner)
“Cosmos” – 9:00 (Tyner)

Side Two
“Shaken, But Not Forsaken” – 11:30 (Tyner)
“Vibration Blues” – 8:40 (Tyner)

Side Three
“Forbidden Land” – 13:50 (Tyner)
“Planet X” – 7:40 (Tyner)

Side Four
“Asian Lullaby” – 7:27 (Tyner)
“Hope” – 14:14 (Tyner)

Recorded on November 22, 1968 (Side Three track 2), April 4, 1969 (Side One & Side Two) and July 21, 1970 (Side Three track 1 & Side Four).

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