Looking back 40 years later, Tyner told DownBeat writer Bill Milkowski, I think at the time I conceived the music for that album it was an important thing for me to make a personal statement.

McCoy Tyner, one of the greatest and most influential pianists in modern jazz history, has died at the age of 81. The death of the keyboard giant, who rose to fame in the early 1960s as a member ...

If you happened to look up during their final coda, though, you might have understood. As Irby blew a long, unaccompanied line, Tyner began advancing across the back of the room slowly and with ...

McCoy Tyner, a jazz pianist best known for his work in John Coltrane's legendary Sixties quartet, has died at age 81. McCoy Tyner, Piano Legend and John Coltrane Collaborator, Dead at 81 ...

Remembering McCoy Tyner, A Jazz Legend Who Created His Own Style ... He didn't like listening to his records, he once said. In a way, he didn't need to. His sound came back at him from all over.

Perhaps no other living jazz pianist has as impressive a resume as Tyner. He began his professional career with Benny Golson and quickly found himself in the legendary John Coltrane Quartet. In a ...

As the McCoy Tyner Trio, Tyner and his sidemen, Charnett Moffett on bass and Eric Kamau Gravatt on drums, the band performed an 80-minute set - replete with two encores including one after the ...

But the evening’s palpable buzz factor clearly peaked when McCoy Tyner hit the stage. Having Tyner on the program, running through two flowing solo piano pieces, upped the tribute’s ante and ...

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