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The Greeting

Released: 1978
Recorded: March 17 & 18, 1978
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
Label: Milestone
Producer: Orrin Keepnews

Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano
Joe Ford: alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 5)
George Adams: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 5)
Charles Fambrough: bass (tracks 1-3 & 5)
Woody “Sonship” Theus: drums, bells (tracks 1-3 & 5)
Guilherme Franco: conga, berimbau, percussion (tracks 1-3 & 5)

Songs
“Hand in Hand” – 6:18
“Fly with the Wind” – 14:54
“Pictures” – 7:57
“Naima” (Coltrane) – 4:44
“The Greeting” – 8:55

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

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