Sorti en 1962, "Inception" marque les débuts discographiques en leader du pianiste McCoy Tyner, alors déjà membre du mythique quartet de John Coltrane. Cet album révèle une identité musicale forte, à la fois enracinée dans le hard bop et déjà tournée vers des horizons plus modaux et spirituels.

Accompagné de Art Davis à la contrebasse et Elvin Jones à la batterie, deux musiciens également liés à Coltrane, McCoy Tyner déploie un jeu percussif, dense et harmonique, caractérisé par ses accords puissants et ses structures modales.

Le répertoire alterne entre compositions originales et standards revisités, comme "There Is No Greater Love". Les morceaux oscillent entre lyrisme introspectif et énergie contenue, annonçant déjà les explorations plus spirituelles et expansives que Tyner développera dans les années suivantes.

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Recorded on January 10-11, 1962, at Rudy Van Gelder's studio, Inception marked McCoy Tyner's debut as a leader for Impulse! Records, introducing a cohesive new trio with bassist Art Davis anddrummer Elvin Jones, both colleagues from the Coltrane ensemble, whose familiarity lends the session its focused clarity. Across a six-track program featuring four Tyner originals "Inception", "Sunset", "Effendi", and "Blues for Gwen" alongside "There Is No Greater Love" and "Speak Low", the trio setting foregrounds Tyner's distinctive voicings, pedal-point harmonies, and rhythmic drive, supported by Davis and Jones's firm, responsive interplay. Released in 1962 as Impulse! was rapidly expanding, the album established Tyner's identity as a bandleader and stands as an essential early statement in his solo discography.