Uptown/Downtown
Released: 1988
Recorded: November 25 & 26, 1988
Recorded at the Blue Note, NYC
Label: Milestone
Musicians
McCoy Tyner: piano, arranger
Kamau Adilifu: trumpet
Earl Gardner: trumpet
Virgil Jones: trumpet
Robin Eubanks: trombone, arranger
Steve Turre: trombone, didgeridoo, arranger
John Clark french horn
Howard Johnson: tuba
Joe Ford: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Doug Harris: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Junior Cook: tenor saxophone
Ricky Ford: tenor saxophone
Avery Sharpe: double bass, electric bass
Louis Hayes: drums
Dennis Denizia, Jerry Hey: arrangers
Songs
“Love Surrounds Us Everywhere” – 8:25
“Three Flowers” – 6:56
“Genesis” – 7:57
“Uptown” – 7:11
“Lotus Flower” (Turre) – 6:52
“Blues for Basie” – 9:34
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated