This set combines two of pianist
McCoy Tyner's early-'60s LPs for Impulse! Records, 1962’s
Inception, which finds
Tyner as part of a trio with bassist
Art Davis and drummer
Elvin Jones, and 1963’s
Reaching Fourth, which features him in another trio, this time with bassist
Henry Grimes and drummer
Roy Haynes. The two LPs fit well together, spotlighting
Tyner's early style, which was sparer and arguably less powerful than his later work with
the John Coltrane Quartet.