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McCoy Tyner - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
McCoy Tyner - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
McCoy Tyner - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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McCoy Tyner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCoy Tyner
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Early career
1.3 Post-Coltrane
2 Style
3 Discography
4 Relatives
5 References
6 External links
Biography
Birth name
Born
Genres
Early life
Tyner was born in Philadelphia as the oldest of three
children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother.
He 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.
When he was 17, he converted to Islam through the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and changed his name to
Sulieman Saud.[3]
Piano
Years active
1960present
Labels
Associated
acts
Early career
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Post-Coltrane
After leaving Coltrane's group, Tyner produced a series of post-bop albums released on Blue Note Records
from 1967 to 1970, which included The Real McCoy (1967), Tender Moments (1967), Time for Tyner (1968),
Expansions (1968) and Extensions (1970). Soon thereafter he moved to the Milestone label and recorded many
influential albums, including Sahara (1972), Enlightenment (1973), and Fly with the Wind (1976), which
featured flautist Hubert Laws, drummer Billy Cobham, and a string orchestra. His music for Blue Note and
Milestone often took the Coltrane quartet's music as a point of departure and also incorporated African and East
Asian musical elements. On Sahara, for instance, Tyner plays koto, in addition to piano, flute, and percussion.
These albums are often cited as examples of vital, innovative jazz from the 1970s that was neither fusion nor
free jazz. Trident (1975) is notable for featuring Tyner on harpsichord (rarely heard in jazz) and celeste, in
addition to his primary instrument, piano.
Tyner still records and tours regularly and played from the 1980s through '90s with a trio that included Avery
Sharpe on bass and first Louis Hayes, then Aaron Scott, on drums. He made a trio of solo recordings for Blue
Note, starting with Revelations (1988) and culminating with Soliloquy (1991). Today Tyner records for the
Telarc label and has been playing with different trios, one of which has included Charnett Moffett on bass and
Al Foster on drums. In 2008, Tyner toured with his quartet, which featured saxophonist Gary Bartz with Gerald
Cannon (bass) and Eric Kamau Gravatt (drums).
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McCoy was also a judge for the 6th, 10th[6] and 11th[7] annual
Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
Style
Tyner's style of
piano is easily
comparable to
Coltrane's
maximalist style of
saxophone.[1]
Though a member of
Coltrane's group, he
was never
overshadowed by
the saxophonist, but
complemented and
even inspired
Coltrane's open-
Discography
Relatives
Tyner is the older brother of Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chairman of the Communist Party USA.[8]
References
1. ^ a b c d e f Yanow, Scott (December 11, 1938). "Allmusic biography"
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External links
McCoy Tyner interview
(http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2009/10/21/mccoy/)
McCoy Tyner's musical style (http://www.jazz-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
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American jazz composers African-American musicians American jazz bandleaders Hard bop pianists
Modal jazz pianists Mainstream jazz pianists Post-bop pianists John Coltrane
Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Grammy Award-winning artists Columbia Records artists
Enja Records artists Timeless Records artists Elektra Records artists Milestone Records artists
Palo Alto Records artists Red Baron Records artists Impulse! Records artists Telarc Records artists
1938 births Living people Converts to Islam American Muslims American Ahmadis
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