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Today and Tomorrow

Released: 1964
Recorded: June 4, 1963 and February 4, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Length: 38:44 (original LP), 50:43 (CD reissue)
Label: Impulse!
Producer: Bob Thiele

Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano
Jimmy Garrison: bass (tracks 4-9)
Albert Heath: drums (tracks 4-9)
John Gilmore: tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
Thad Jones: trumpet (tracks 1-3)
Frank Strozier: alto saxophone (tracks 1-3)
Butch Warren: bass (tracks 1-3)
Elvin Jones: drums (tracks 1-3)

Songs
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

“Contemporary Focus” – 8:28
“A Night in Tunisia” (Gillespie) – 5:07
“T ‘N A Blues” (Jones) – 4:05
“Autumn Leaves” (Kosma) – 6:10
“Three Flowers” – 10:12
“When Sunny Gets Blue” (Marvin Fisher, Segal) – 4:42

The remastered edition features a different order and three unreleased tracks:

Contemporary Focus” – 8:28
“T ‘N A Blues” – 4:05
“Three Flowers” – 10:12
“A Night in Tunisia” – 5:07
“Autumn Leaves” – 6:10
“When Sunny Gets Blue” – 4:42
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” (Porter) – 4:52
“Five Spot After Dark” (Golson) – 4:52
“Flapstick Blues” – 2:15

Tracks 4-9 recorded on June 4, 1963; tracks 1-3 recorded on February 4, 1964

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