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Quartets 4×4

Released: 1980
Recorded: March 3, 5, 6 & May 29, 1980
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Length: 76:20
Label: Milestone
Producer: Orrin Keepnews

Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano
Cecil McBee: bass
Al Foster: drums
Freddie Hubbard: trumpet (tracks 1-3)
John Abercrombie: electric mandolin (tracks 4-5)
Bobby Hutcherson: vibes (tracks 6-8)
Arthur Blythe: alto saxophone, (tracks 9-11)

Songs
“Inner Glimpse” – 6:18
“Manha de Carnaval” (Bonfá) – 5:19
“Paradox” (McBee) – 6:51
“Backward Glance” (Abercrombie) – 9:11
“Forbidden Land” – 10:39
“Pannonica” (Monk) – 5:57
“I Wanna Stand over There” (Hutcherson) – 5:19
“The Seeker” – 7:38
“Blues in the Minor” – 8:05
“Stay as Sweet as You Are” (Gordon, Revel) – 4:36
“It’s You or No One” (Cahn, Styne) – 6:27

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

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