logo
  • About
  • Legends Tour
  • Awards & Honors
  • Listen
  • Archives
  • Contact

Song of the New World

Released: 1973
Recorded: April 6 & 9, 1973
A & R Studios, New York City
Length: 41:24
Label: Milestone
Producer: Orrin Keepnews

Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano, percussion
Hubert Laws: piccolo, flute
Sonny Fortune: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Joony Booth: bass
Alphonse Mouzon: drums
Cecil Bridgewater: trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Jon Faddis: trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Virgil Jones: trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Garnett Brown: trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Dick Griffin: trombone, baritone trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Willie Ruff: french horn (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
William Warnick III: french horn (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Julius Watkins: french horn (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Kiane Zawadi: euphonium (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Bob Stewart: tuba (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Sonny Morgan: conga (tracks 1 & 2)
Harry Smyle: oboe (tracks 3 & 5)
Sanford Allen: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
John Blair: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
Selwart Clarke: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
Winston Collymore: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
Noel DaCosta: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
Marie Hence: violin (tracks 3 & 5)
Julian Barber: viola (tracks 3 & 5)
Alfred Brown: viola (tracks 3 & 5)
Ronald Lipscomb: cello (tracks 3 & 5)
Kermit Moore: cello (tracks 3 & 5)
William Fischer: conductor (tracks 3 & 5)

Songs
“Afro Blue” (Santamaría) – 10:01
“Little Brother”(Tyner) – 10:12
“The Divine Love” (Tyner) – 7:31
“Some Day” (Tyner) – 6:50
“Song of the New World” (Tyner) – 6:50

  • Categories 1970s
  • Share

© 2025 McCoy Tyner Enterprises / Aisha Music, LLC.
Images courtesy of McCoy Tyner archives and Jazz at Lincoln Center (© 2017 Piper Ferguson). All rights reserved.

TERMS & CONDITIONS | PRIVACY POLICY