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Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet. 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 first main exposure came with Benny Golson being the first pianist in Golson's and Art Farmer's legendary Jazztet (...Read More >
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This record bowls me over every time I listen to it. The line-up is a dream: McCoy Tyner, piano; Alice Coltrane, harp; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax, soprano sax; Gary Bartz, alto sax; Ron Carter, acoustic bass; Elvin Jones, drums. The melodies are so left of center but still so listenable... Four tracks, about 40 minutes of music. I'll serve up about half, focusing on the track with Alice Coltrane. Why? Let me quote a review I found on a site called "Ground and Sky": ... MORE
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Man, what a prolific time this was for McCoy Tyner...in the space of a few months he laid down the sessions that would become The Real McCoy, Time for Tyner, Tender Moments and Expansions - all with a ton of original compositions. This record gets cited most often for McCoy's take on the standard "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top"...for my money, the track you want is McCoy's own "May Street", a nice up-tempo modal romp with some furious interplay between he and ... MORE
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I don't love this record. A lot of reviewers do, though. It is pretty sophisticated for such a young bandleader, featuring a nonet. Maybe it will grow on me...the large group makes it is a little claustrophobic for my liking... McCoy is joined by trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Julian Priester, altoist James Spaulding, Bennie Maupin on tenor, the French horn of Bob Northern, Howard Johnson on tuba, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Joe Chambers. Count 'em, nine. ... MORE
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You could not find a more appropriate title for this record, McCoy's first as a leader for Blue Note. This record is the real deal, the real McCoy! Teamed with Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones and Ron Carter this album hums from beginning to end. Speaking of apt titles, the first track (included here) is Passion Dance and it starts the record with a real spirited swing from the whole ensemble. What I find most interesting and important about this record is that it sets ... MORE
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Total mastery here. He's stretching the form like taffy. Tyner played this many times with John Coltrane, the "Giant Steps" composer, during the early days of the Coltrane Quartet. The only recordings that were made, though, were in-the-club bootlegs that I've never heard. If anyone knows how to get a listen to those, please let me know. "Giant Steps" performances can sound like cars racing around a race track. Tyner's extremely fleet, but he suspends the race brie... MORE
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The young lions were able to show some respect! Recorded in late 1964 these sessions were respectful but not staid. The trio of McCoy, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison were aided and abetted by some crisp Latin percussion, which added a distinctive flair to this release. As with all of McCoy's initial Impulse! output, his unique sound is still coming together but already evident in his strong rhythm playing and fluid melody runs...his energy, which explodes on ... MORE
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This, like pretty much all of McCoy's first solo releases on Impulse!, are great fodder for debate amongst jazz heads. One most of the tracks on his Impulse! albums McCoy often sounds like a different player than the propulsive dynamo who occupied the piano bench for Coltrane. His first few sides were piano trio line-ups and he finally started asserting himself, through his own compostions, on 1963's Today and Tomorrow... Live at Newport has some great playing, th... MORE
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Originally released in June 1963, Today and Tomorrow is the mid-point release in his first years as a solo artist, the half-way mark in his set of recordings for the Impulse! label. While an imperfect record, Today and Tomorrow represents an early peak in McCoy's long solo career - and the first to give a serious hint of the type of pianist and composer he would become over the next 10 - 15 years.... There are two different line-ups featured on this record. The ... MORE
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This is a really pretty, "cool" jazz record. I almost feel like McCoy had to make this and Inception, his first record as a leader which I blogged about last week here), before he could begin making the kinds of records he did over the next fifteen years or so...those where he fully defined his sound, experimented with various line-ups and instrument combinations and of course, accompanied Coltrane on some of the most exciting music around... I don't make these comments ... MORE
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Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything so here's a good start.
For the past year or so I've been getting heavily into non-jazz artists, mostly hip-hop but also some indie stuff. Lately however, I've been getting bored with all of my music and have been buying a ton of new stuff on iTunes; None of which has sated my desire for good music.
So this morning I decided to plug my external drive in and dig through my entire music collection that I haven't seen i... MORE
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