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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
Born: Dec 11, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop, Straight Ahead, Vocal Jazz, Other, Vocal, Avant-Garde/Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Modern Creative
Biography: It is to McCoy Tyner's great credit that his career after John Coltrane has been far from anti-climatic. Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years, with his chord voicings being adopted and utilized by virtually every younger pianist. A powerful virtuoso ...Read full biography
Expansions
Expansions
Released: 1968
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
Of pianist McCoy Tyner's seven Blue Note albums of the 1967-1970 period, Expansions is the most definitive. Tyner's group (comprised of trumpeter Woody Shaw, altoist Gary Bartz, tenor saxophonist Wayne ...Read full review
Horizon
Horizon
Released: 1979
Label: Milestone
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McCoy Tyner has fronted many mid-sized ensembles, but this one ranks with the very best he has led. As violinist John Blake jives and jousts with alto and soprano saxophonist Joe Ford and the incindiary ...Read full review
More McCoy Tyner albums: Main Albums (86), Compilations (22), DVD/Video (3)
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