Asante est un album du pianiste de jazz McCoy Tyner, enregistré en 1970 et publié sur le label Blue Note Records. À cette période charnière de sa carrière, après son passage légendaire aux côtés de John Coltrane, Tyner développe un langage musical profondément personnel, mêlant puissance rythmique, spiritualité et influences africaines.

Entouré de musiciens d’exception comme Gary Bartz, Woody Shaw, Ron Carter et Elvin Jones, il livre une œuvre intense et immersive. Les compositions, souvent modales, s’étendent en longues explorations collectives, portées par une énergie brute et une recherche sonore audacieuse.

Asante s’inscrit dans le courant du jazz spirituel et post-bop des années 70, où la musique devient à la fois voyage intérieur et célébration collective.

- McCoy Tyner "Asante" 180 gram LP !
- Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape !
- Plated and pressed at RTI !

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet", on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Pianist McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Mother Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note recordings of the late-1960s on pieces such as "African Village" and "Message from the Nile". With his 1970 album Asante, Tyner brought those influences to the fore with a powerful set rooted in the swirling percussive rhythmic bed laid by drummer Billy Hart and percussionist Mtume. Bassist Buster Williams, guitarist Ted Dunbar, and alto saxophonist Andrew White make up the rest of the extraordinary ensemble on this four-song set that also includes the ethereal vocals of Songai on the extended album opener "Malika" and the title track. While elements of the modal jazz that Tyner pioneered in the John Coltrane Quartet course through the album, most prominently on the kinetic closing track "Fulfillment", the music here also pointed towards future creative directions that Tyner would explore.