2013. McCoy Tyner took a break from the classic John Coltrane Quartet of the early 60s to record this, his debut solo album, in January of 1962. Originally released later that same year on the legendary Impulse! lab..

2013. The standard sources on jazz list Mary Lou Williams’ birthplace as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In her liner notes for My Mama Pinned A Rose On Me, Mary Lou sets the record straight: “I was born in Atlanta, Geo..