Echoes of a Friend
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Echoes of a Friend
| type = Album
| artist = McCoy Tyner
| cover = Echoes of a Friend.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = November 11, 1972
Tokyo
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 46:26
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| prev_title = Sahara
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Song for My Lady
| next_year = 1973
}}
Echoes of a Friend is a 1972 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the JVC label, and later on the Milestone label. It was recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on November 11, 1972, and features Tyner in a solo piano tribute to John Coltrane.
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 194
}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1426}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Few McCoy Tyner records are not easily recommended but this one even ranks above most."Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149209|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed February 23, 2009.
Track listing
All compositions by McCoy Tyner except where noted.
- "Naima" (Coltrane) – 6:43
- "Promise" (Coltrane) – 6:14
- "My Favorite Things" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 8:44
- "The Discovery" – 17:35
- "Folks" – 7:33
Personnel
- McCoy Tyner – piano