Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Nights Of Ballads & Blues

McCoy Tyner

Recorded	Mar 4, 1963
Label	Impulse!
Released	1963
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 177603

The record

Recorded the same year he was shaping standards nightly behind Coltrane, this trio session finds Tyner favoring space and touch over the cascading attack he'd later be known for. Davis and Humphries stay hushed throughout, giving the pianist room to work in quieter colors.

Session personnel

Steve Davis — bass
Lex Humphries — drums
McCoy Tyner — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 64 pressings on file.

1963	Impulse! · A-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold
1963	Impulse! · A-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp; gatefold
1963	Impulse! · A-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; gatefold
1968	Impulse! · AS-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold, Label Variation · RVG stamp; gatefold
1997	Impulse! · IMPD-221 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1997	Impulse! · IMP 12212 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2005	Impulse! · UCJU-9033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Limited Edition, Stereo, 180 Gram · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · MCAC-42234 — Cassette, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · IMP 12212 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · IMP 12212 — CD, Album, Remastered, Repress · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · IMP 12212 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Digipak · RVG stamp
—	Impulse! · A-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Unknown pressing · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
—	Impulse! · IMP 12212 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Digipak · RVG stamp
1963	Sparton Impulse! Records · A-39 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono