Soliloquy is a 1991 album by McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...

 released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label. Like Revelations

Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)

Revelations is a 1988 album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was Tyner's first solo piano album since Echoes of a Friend and first Blue Note recording since Asante . It was recorded in October 1988 and features thirteen solo performances by Tyner recorded at Merkin Hall...

(1987) and Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Things Ain't What They Used to Be (McCoy Tyner album)

Thinga Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1989 album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. Like Revelations it was recorded at Merkin Hall and features solo performances by Tyner, in addition he performs three duets with John Scofield and two with George Adams...

(1989) it was recorded at Merkin Hall and features solo performances by Tyner. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 states that "McCoy Tyner always sounds in prime form and these diverse songs bring out the best in his passionate style. Highly recommended".

Track listing

1. "Crescent" (Coltrane
   John Coltrane
   John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
   
   ) - 5:02
2. "Española" - 3:58
3. "All the Things You Are
   All the Things You Are
   "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart...
   
   " (Hammerstein
   Oscar Hammerstein II
   Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
   
   , Kern
   Jerome Kern
   Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
   
   ) - 4:15
4. "Twilight Mist" - 5:15
5. "Willow Weep for Me
   Willow Weep for Me
   "Willow Weep for Me" is a popular song composed in 1932 by Ann Ronell, who also wrote the lyrics. It is mostly known as a jazz standard, but it was a Top 40 hit for the British duo Chad & Jeremy in 1964.-Notable recordings:...
   
   " (Ronell
   Ann Ronell
   Ann Rosenblatt, known as Ann Ronell was an American composer and lyricist best known for the jazz standard "Willow Weep for Me" .- Biography :...
   
   ) - 5:39
6. "Lonnie's Lament" (Coltrane) - 6:00
7. "Tivoli" (Gordon
   Dexter Gordon
   Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
   
   ) - 4:35
8. "Tribute to Lady Day" - 4:45
9. "I Should Care" (Cahn
   Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
   
   , Stordahl
   Axel Stordahl
   Axel Stordahl was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his work with Frank Sinatra in the 1940s at Columbia Records...
   
   , Weston
   Paul Weston
   Paul Weston was an American pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. Weston was born Paul Wetstein in Springfield, Massachusetts...
   
   ) - 4:01
10. "Three Flowers" - 4:47
11. "Bouncing with Bud" (Powell
    Bud Powell
    Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...
    
    ) - 2:58
12. "After the Rain" (Coltrane) - 3:50
13. "Effendi" - 4:01
14. "Crescent" [alternate take] (Coltrane) - 4:56
15. "My One and Only Love
    My One and Only Love
    "My One and Only Love" is a popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. The song was published in 1952.It was recorded by Frank Sinatra on May 2, 1953 and released on Capitol 2505.- Cover versions :...
    
    " (Mellin, Wood
    Guy Wood
    Guy B Wood was a musician and composer of songs. He was born in Manchester, England and moved to the United States in the 1930s...
    
    ) - 8:00

All compositions by McCoy Tyner except as indicated

• Recorded at Merkin Hall, NYC, February 19 (tracks 1, 3 , 4, 5, 8, 10 & 14), 20 (tracks 6, 9, 12 & 13), & 21 (tracks 2, 7 & 11), 1991