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Biography
Tyner was born in Philadelphia as the oldest of three children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother. He finally began studying the piano at age 13 and within two years, music had become the focal point in his life. His early influences included Bud Powell, a Philadelphia neighbor. Among many other things, Tyner’s playing can be distinguished by a low bass left hand, in which he tends to raise his arm relatively high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack, creating at times a veritable tsunami of sound. Tyner’s unique right hand soloing is recognizable for a detached, or staccato quality, and descending arpeggios, both of a triadic shape and in other patterns. His unique approach to chord voicing has influenced a wide array of contemporary jazz pianists.
Tyner’s first main exposure came with Benny Golson being the first pianist in Golson’s and Art Farmer’s legendary Jazztet (1960). After departing the Jazztet, Tyner joined Coltrane’s group in 1960. (Coltrane had known Tyner for a while, and featured one of the pianist’s compositions, “The Believer”, as early as 1958.) He appeared on the saxophonist’s popular recording of “My Favorite Things” for Atlantic Records. The Coltrane Quartet, which consisted of Coltrane on tenor sax, Tyner, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, toured almost non-stop between 1961 and 1965 and recorded a number of classic albums, including Live at the Village Vanguard, Ballads, Live at Birdland, Crescent, A Love Supreme, and The John Coltrane Quartet Plays …, on the Impulse! label.
Tyner was born in Philadelphia as the oldest of three children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother. He finally began studying the piano at age 13 and within two years, music had become the focal point in his life. His early influences included Bud Powell, a Philadelphia neighbor. Among many other things, Tyner’s playing can be distinguished by a low bass left hand, in which he tends to raise his arm relatively high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack, creating at times a veritable tsunami of sound. Tyner’s unique right hand soloing is recognizable for a detached, or staccato quality, and descending arpeggios, both of a triadic shape and in other patterns. His unique approach to chord voicing has influenced a wide array of contemporary jazz pianists.
Tyner’s first main exposure came with Benny Golson being the first pianist in Golson’s and Art Farmer’s legendary Jazztet (1960). After departing the Jazztet, Tyner joined Coltrane’s group in 1960. (Coltrane had known Tyner for a while, and featured one of the pianist’s compositions, “The Believer”, as early as 1958.) He appeared on the saxophonist’s popular recording of “My Favorite Things” for Atlantic Records. The Coltrane Quartet, which consisted of Coltrane on tenor sax, Tyner, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, toured almost non-stop between 1961 and 1965 and recorded a number of classic albums, including Live at the Village Vanguard, Ballads, Live at Birdland, Crescent, A Love Supreme, and The John Coltrane Quartet Plays …, on the Impulse! label.
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McCoy Tyner - Search for Peace
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McCoy Tyner Trio - Monk's Dream
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Three Flowers
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Search for Peace
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Four by Five
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You Taught My Heart to Sing
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Naima
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Satin Doll
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She's Leaving Home
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I Mean You
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After the Rain
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Lonnie's Lament
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Three Flowers
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Moment's Notice
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Shoutbox
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captaintaylor wrote:
Great show last night in Seattle, Mr. Tyner. Top Class.
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Audio-drug wrote:
Sama Layuca is fabulous!
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aqnelim wrote:
pleasure to listen...
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
McCoy Tyner—now connected to the brandnew ➤ j a z z | h a u s
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realitear094 wrote:
yeah, waiting to see master in just a few days. Greeting from Hong Kong.
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coltraneisgod wrote:
seeing Mccoy solo in a few days, i cannot wait.
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chillhood wrote:
Atlantis is too good.
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Olek82 wrote:
fly with the wind
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Justin1983 wrote:
I saw him live like five years ago, it was awesome. Even in his old age, he was intense.
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thejackyl wrote:
McCoy Tyner rules
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sGarrista- wrote:
Great stuff.
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harveydrone wrote:
Happy Birthday!!!!!
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harakiri-shogun wrote:
once i heard impressions, it took my breath away! X-D
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Smekermann wrote:
Goddamn, McCoy Tyner Quartet is really rockin. One of his best, imo.
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nventi wrote:
new album McCoy Tyner Quartet coming out soon on Half Note records... check it out!
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skyl4r wrote:
Time For Tyner is incredible
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tacosalad wrote:
tyner and elvin jones are my all-time favorite combination, whether its with coltrane or with joe henderson on 'real mccoy', they both swing so much harder when they're together, which is definitely saying something
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aaronfranks wrote:
I highly recommend his album McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane. A wonderful live album!
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2Serenity wrote:
Wow! He is killing the keys! I love this man!! I want to hear more more! -- Rhythm-N-Thing!
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Olek82 wrote:
He's one of my favorite panists among Bill Evans, Garland, Corea, Adam Makowicz and Bogdan Hołownia. Simply great!
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