| Focal Point | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | August 4–7, 1976 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop, modal jazz | |||
| Label | Milestone M 9072 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| McCoy Tyner chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| All About Jazz | (Positive)[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Focal Point is a 1976 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his tenth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded during four days in August 1976 and features a septet fronted by three reed players (Gary Bartz, Joe Ford and Ron Bridgewater) who were in part multiplied through overdubs. On one track Tyner is heard picking a dulcimer backed by tablas, evoking the sound of an Indian sitar. "Parody" is a duo with Eric Gravatt on drums. The album was digitally remastered at Fantasy Studios in 1999 and re-released on Original Jazz Classics.
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ All About Jazz review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2006), The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th edition, London: Penguin Books, p. 1311, ISBN 0-141-02327-9