Time for Tyner

Time for Tyner is the ninth album as a leader by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his third released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in May 1968 and features performances by Tyner with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Freddie Waits.

The album includes three Tyner originals followed by three jazz standards. The first four tracks are played by the full quartet, the fifth by a trio (without Hutcherson), and the final track is a piano solo.

Tyner and Hutcherson became good friends and recorded together a number of times through the years. At this point, Tyner had already appeared on Hutcherson's Blue Note album Stick-Up! (1966). Later, they reprised the quartet format of Time for Tyner on three tracks of Tyner's Quartets 4 X 4 (1980) and on Land of Giants (2003) as well as on four tracks from Hutcherson's Solo / Quartet (1982). Tyner also included Hutcherson on three larger ensemble projects: Sama Layuca (1974), Together (1979), and La Leyenda de La Hora (1981). As co-leaders, they recorded the duo album Manhattan Moods (1993).

Time for Tyner was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2004 and issued on CD the following year as part of the Rudy Van Gelder Edition.