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Reissue: Verve Vital Vinyl series

Released in 1962, Inception, pianist McCoy Tyner’s first album as leader, now re-released on vinyl, shines with early promise and that lightning-fast finger work on the opener is remarkable.

On Inception, the ageing wunderkind was accompanied almost 40 years previously by bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones. Aside from the four appealing and lithely-delivered originals, there is an invigorating reading of Speak Low, Kurt Weill’s enduring melody from 1943. "I try not to overwrite," declared the genius pianist. "I want to write things that fall naturally so that the other musicians aren’t inhibited and they can feel and shape my tunes their own way." – RTE