Celestial Chant
Context
Opening track of Trident (Milestone, 1975), seven minutes long, recorded on February 18 and 19, 1975 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. McCoy Tyner plays harpsichord as well as piano, with Ron Carter on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.