Inception - Acoustic Sounds Series
McCoy Tyner Trio
Inception is the debut album as a leader by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, originally released on Impulse! Records in 1962 and reissued on 24 April 2026 (with some markets receiving it on 22 May 2026) as part of the ongoing Verve/Impulse! Acoustic Sounds Series — the audiophile vinyl reissue programme jointly overseen by Verve Label Group, UMe, and Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem. The Acoustic Sounds edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog tape, and packaged in a Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket. The sessions were recorded on 10 and 11 January 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, produced by Bob Thiele, and originally issued as Impulse! AS-18. The six-track programme runs approximately 33 minutes.
Recorded at the precise moment Tyner was cementing his role as the harmonic and rhythmic engine of John Coltrane's classic quartet, Inception presents him in a trio setting with bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones — both colleagues from the Coltrane ensemble — whose familiarity with each other lends the session a focused, unhurried clarity. Four of the six tracks are Tyner originals: the title track, "Sunset," "Blues for Gwen," and "Effendi" — the latter of which became something of a post-bop standard, later recorded most notably by Ahmad Jamal. The remaining two tracks are standards: "There Is No Greater Love" and "Speak Low." All About Jazz praised the album as "the astounding session that introduces great pianist McCoy Tyner as a leader," noting his distinctive pedal-point harmonies and rhythmic drive alongside Davis and Jones's firm, responsive interplay, while uDiscover Music described it as an early document of "a pianist of extraordinary maturity and lyrical depth, already fully formed in his approach."
Inception - Acoustic Sounds Series
McCoy Tyner Trio
Inception is the debut album as a leader by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, originally released on Impulse! Records in 1962 and reissued on 24 April 2026 (with some markets receiving it on 22 May 2026) as part of the ongoing Verve/Impulse! Acoustic Sounds Series — the audiophile vinyl reissue programme jointly overseen by Verve Label Group, UMe, and Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem. The Acoustic Sounds edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog tape, and packaged in a Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket. The sessions were recorded on 10 and 11 January 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, produced by Bob Thiele, and originally issued as Impulse! AS-18. The six-track programme runs approximately 33 minutes.
Recorded at the precise moment Tyner was cementing his role as the harmonic and rhythmic engine of John Coltrane's classic quartet, Inception presents him in a trio setting with bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones — both colleagues from the Coltrane ensemble — whose familiarity with each other lends the session a focused, unhurried clarity. Four of the six tracks are Tyner originals: the title track, "Sunset," "Blues for Gwen," and "Effendi" — the latter of which became something of a post-bop standard, later recorded most notably by Ahmad Jamal. The remaining two tracks are standards: "There Is No Greater Love" and "Speak Low." All About Jazz praised the album as "the astounding session that introduces great pianist McCoy Tyner as a leader," noting his distinctive pedal-point harmonies and rhythmic drive alongside Davis and Jones's firm, responsive interplay, while uDiscover Music described it as an early document of "a pianist of extraordinary maturity and lyrical depth, already fully formed in his approach."