McCoy Tyner
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- | '''Alfred McCoy Tyner''' (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an [[American jazz]] [[American pianist|pianist]] known for his work with the [[John Coltrane]] Quartet and a long solo career. | + | '''Alfred McCoy Tyner''' (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an [[American jazz]] [[American pianist|pianist]] known for his work with the [[John Coltrane]] Quartet and a long solo career. |
+ | He is known for such albums as ''[[Trident (McCoy Tyner album)|Trident]]'' (1975) which features a rendition of "[[Impressions (instrumental composition)|Impressions]]" (Coltrane) of which the bassline was sampled in "[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]" (1991). | ||
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+ | Tyner was the older brother of [[Jarvis Tyner]], former executive vice chairman of the [[Communist Party USA]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Post-Coltrane=== | ===Post-Coltrane=== | ||
- | [[File:McCoy Keystone.jpg|thumb|left|Tyner at [[Keystone Korner]], San Francisco, California, March 1981]] | ||
His involvement with Coltrane came to an end in 1965. Coltrane's music was becoming much more atonal and free; he had also augmented his quartet with percussion players who threatened to drown out both Tyner and Jones: "I didn't see myself making any contribution to that music... All I could hear was a lot of noise. I didn't have any feeling for the music, and when I don't have feelings, I don't play". In 1966, Tyner rehearsed with a new trio and embarked on a career as a bandleader. | His involvement with Coltrane came to an end in 1965. Coltrane's music was becoming much more atonal and free; he had also augmented his quartet with percussion players who threatened to drown out both Tyner and Jones: "I didn't see myself making any contribution to that music... All I could hear was a lot of noise. I didn't have any feeling for the music, and when I don't have feelings, I don't play". In 1966, Tyner rehearsed with a new trio and embarked on a career as a bandleader. | ||
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After leaving Coltrane's group, Tyner produced a series of [[post-bop]] albums released by Blue Note from 1967 to 1970. These included ''[[The Real McCoy (album)|The Real McCoy]]'' (1967), ''[[Tender Moments]]'' (1967), ''[[Time for Tyner]]'' (1968), ''[[Expansions (album)|Expansions]]'' (1968) and ''[[Extensions (McCoy Tyner album)|Extensions]]'' (1970). He signed with [[Milestone Records|Milestone]] and recorded ''[[Sahara (McCoy Tyner album)|Sahara]]'' (1972), ''[[Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album)|Enlightenment]]'' (1973), and ''[[Fly with the Wind]]'' (1976), which included flautist [[Hubert Laws]], drummer [[Billy Cobham]], and a string orchestra. | After leaving Coltrane's group, Tyner produced a series of [[post-bop]] albums released by Blue Note from 1967 to 1970. These included ''[[The Real McCoy (album)|The Real McCoy]]'' (1967), ''[[Tender Moments]]'' (1967), ''[[Time for Tyner]]'' (1968), ''[[Expansions (album)|Expansions]]'' (1968) and ''[[Extensions (McCoy Tyner album)|Extensions]]'' (1970). He signed with [[Milestone Records|Milestone]] and recorded ''[[Sahara (McCoy Tyner album)|Sahara]]'' (1972), ''[[Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album)|Enlightenment]]'' (1973), and ''[[Fly with the Wind]]'' (1976), which included flautist [[Hubert Laws]], drummer [[Billy Cobham]], and a string orchestra. | ||
- | His music for Blue Note and Milestone often took the music of the Coltrane quartet as a starting point. Tyner also incorporated African and East Asian elements in his music. On ''Sahara'' he played [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]] in addition to piano, flute, and percussion. These albums have been cited as examples of innovative jazz from the 1970s that was neither [[jazz fusion|fusion]] nor [[free jazz]].{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} On ''[[Trident (McCoy Tyner album)|Trident]]'' (1975) Tyner played the [[harpsichord]] and [[celesta|celeste]], instruments heard rarely in jazz. | + | His music for Blue Note and Milestone often took the music of the Coltrane quartet as a starting point. Tyner also incorporated African and East Asian elements in his music. On ''Sahara'' he played [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]] in addition to piano, flute, and percussion. These albums have been cited as examples of innovative jazz from the 1970s that was neither [[jazz fusion|fusion]] nor [[free jazz]]. On ''[[Trident (McCoy Tyner album)|Trident]]'' (1975) Tyner played the [[harpsichord]] and [[celesta|celeste]], instruments heard rarely in jazz. |
During the 1980s and 1990s, Tyner worked in a trio that included [[Avery Sharpe]] on bass and [[Louis Hayes]], then [[Aaron Scott]], on drums. He made solo albums for Blue Note, starting with ''[[Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)|Revelations]]'' (1988) and culminating in ''[[Soliloquy (McCoy Tyner album)|Soliloquy]]'' (1991). After signing with [[Telarc International Corporation|Telarc]], he recorded with several trios that included [[Charnett Moffett]] on bass and [[Al Foster]] on drums. In 2008, he toured with a quartet of [[Gary Bartz]], [[Gerald L. Cannon]], and Eric Kamau Gravatt. | During the 1980s and 1990s, Tyner worked in a trio that included [[Avery Sharpe]] on bass and [[Louis Hayes]], then [[Aaron Scott]], on drums. He made solo albums for Blue Note, starting with ''[[Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)|Revelations]]'' (1988) and culminating in ''[[Soliloquy (McCoy Tyner album)|Soliloquy]]'' (1991). After signing with [[Telarc International Corporation|Telarc]], he recorded with several trios that included [[Charnett Moffett]] on bass and [[Al Foster]] on drums. In 2008, he toured with a quartet of [[Gary Bartz]], [[Gerald L. Cannon]], and Eric Kamau Gravatt. | ||
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==Style== | ==Style== | ||
- | Tyner is considered to be one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, an honor he earned during and after his time with Coltrane. Although he was a member of Coltrane's group, he was never overshadowed by Coltrane. He complemented and inspired Coltrane's open approach. His style of piano is comparable to Coltrane's maximalist style on saxophone. | + | Tyner is considered to be one of the most injazz pianists of the 20th century, an honor he earned during and after his time with Coltrane. Although he was a member of Coltrane's group, he was never overshadowed by Coltrane. He complemented and inspired Coltrane's open approach. His style of piano is comparable to Coltrane's maximalist style on saxophone. |
Tyner and Coltrane used similar scales, chordal structures, melodic phrasings, and rhythms. | Tyner and Coltrane used similar scales, chordal structures, melodic phrasings, and rhythms. | ||
- | Tyner, who was left-handed, played with a low bass left hand in which he raised his arm high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack. His right-hand soloing was detached and [[staccato]]. His melodic vocabulary was rich, ranging from raw [[blues]] to complexly [[upper structure|superimposed]] [[pentatonic scale]]s; his approach to chord voicing (most characteristically by fourths) has influenced contemporary jazz pianists, such as [[Chick Corea]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} | + | Tyner, who was left-handed, played with a low bass left hand in which he raised his arm high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack. His right-hand soloing was detached and [[staccato]]. His melodic vocabulary was rich, ranging from raw [[blues]] to complexly [[upper structure|superimposed]] [[pentatonic scale]]s; his approach to chord voicing (most characteristically by fourths) has influenced contemporary jazz pianists, such as [[Chick Corea]]. |
==Relatives== | ==Relatives== | ||
Tyner was the older brother of [[Jarvis Tyner]], former executive vice chairman of the [[Communist Party USA]]. | Tyner was the older brother of [[Jarvis Tyner]], former executive vice chairman of the [[Communist Party USA]]. | ||
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+ | =Discography= | ||
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+ | This discography of [[jazz piano|jazz pianist]] [[McCoy Tyner]] contains albums that he has released under his own name as well as albums on which he has appeared. | ||
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+ | ==As leader== | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Inception (McCoy Tyner album)|Inception]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1962 | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]] | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Reaching Fourth]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1962 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Nights of Ballads & Blues]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1963 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Today and Tomorrow (album)|Today and Tomorrow]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1963 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner album)|Live at Newport]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1964 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1964 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[The Real McCoy (album)|The Real McCoy]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1967 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Tender Moments]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1967 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Time for Tyner]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1968 | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Expansions (album)|Expansions]]'' | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1968 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Cosmos (McCoy Tyner album)|Cosmos]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1968–1970 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Extensions (McCoy Tyner album)|Extensions]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1970 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Asante (album)|Asante]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1970 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Sahara (McCoy Tyner album)|Sahara]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1972 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Milestone Records|Milestone]] | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Song for My Lady]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1972 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Echoes of a Friend]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1972 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment|JVC]], Milestone | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Song of the New World]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1973 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album)|Enlightenment]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1973 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Sama Layuca]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1974 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Atlantis (McCoy Tyner album)|Atlantis]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1974 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Trident (McCoy Tyner album)|Trident]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1975 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Fly with the Wind]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1976 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Focal Point (album)|Focal Point]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1976 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Supertrios]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1977 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Inner Voices]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1977 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[The Greeting]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1978 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Passion Dance]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1978 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Counterpoints (McCoy Tyner album)|Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1978 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Together (McCoy Tyner album)|Together]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1979 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Horizon (McCoy Tyner album)|Horizon]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1979 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Quartets 4 X 4]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1980 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[13th House]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1981 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[La Leyenda de La Hora]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1981 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Looking Out]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1982 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Columbia | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Love & Peace (Elvin Jones-McCoy Tyner Quintet album)|Love & Peace]]'' (with [[Elvin Jones]] also released as ''Reunited'') | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1982 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Trio (Japan) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Dimensions (McCoy Tyner album)|Dimensions]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1984 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[It's About Time (McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean album)|It's About Time]]'' (with [[Jackie McLean]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1985 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Major Changes]]'' (with [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1985 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Just Feelin']]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1985 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Palo Alto | ||
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+ | |||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Double Trios]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1986 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Denon]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Bon Voyage (McCoy Tyner album)|Bon Voyage]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1987 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Timeless Records|Timeless]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Blues for Coltrane]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1987 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe]]'' (also released as ''What's New?'', ''The Real McCoy'', and ''Hip Toe'') | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1987 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Who's Who in Jazz Records|Who's Who in Jazz]] | ||
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+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Revelations (McCoy Tyner album)|Revelations]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1988 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Uptown/Downtown]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1988 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Live at Sweet Basil (McCoy Tyner album)|Live at Sweet Basil]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1989 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[King Records (USA)|King]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Things Ain't What They Used to Be (McCoy Tyner album)|Things Aint What They Used to Be]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1989 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Round Midnight (live album)|Round Midnight]]'' (with [[George Benson]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1989 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Jazz Door]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[One on One (Stephane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner album)|One on One]]'' (with [[Stephane Grappelli]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1990 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Blue Bossa (McCoy Tyner album)|Blue Bossa]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[LRC Records|LRC]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Autumn Mood]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Laserlight Records|Laserlight]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Soliloquy (McCoy Tyner album)|Soliloquy]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Remembering John]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Enja Records|Enja]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[New York Reunion]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Chesky Records|Chesky]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[44th Street Suite]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Red Baron Records|Red Baron]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Key of Soul]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Sweet Basil Records|Sweet Basil]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Solar: Live at Sweet Basil]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Sweet Basil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[In New York (Steve Grossman album)|In New York]]'' (with [[Steve Grossman (saxophonist)|Steve Grossman]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Dreyfus Records|Dreyfus]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Live in Warsaw (McCoy Tyner album)|Live in Warsaw]]'' (also released as ''Warsaw Concert 1991'', ''At the Warsaw Jamboree'' and ''Beautiful Love'') | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Who's Who in Jazz | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[The Turning Point (McCoy Tyner album)|The Turning Point]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1991 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Verve Records|Birdology]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Journey (McCoy Tyner album)|Journey]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1993 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Birdology | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Manhattan Moods]]'' (with [[Bobby Hutcherson]]) | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1993 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Blue Note | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Prelude and Sonata]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1994 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Milestone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Infinity (McCoy Tyner album)|Infinity]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1995 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[What the World Needs Now (McCoy Tyner album)|What the World Needs Now]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1997 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1997 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Impulse! | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 1999 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Telarc Records|Telarc]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2000 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Telarc | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Jazz Roots]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2000 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Telarc | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Land of Giants]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2003 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Telarc | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Illuminations (McCoy Tyner album)|Illuminations]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2004 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | Telarc | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Quartet (McCoy Tyner album)|Quartet]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2007 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | [[Half Note Records|McCoy Tyner Music]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Guitars (McCoy Tyner album)|Guitars]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2008 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | McCoy Tyner Music | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | ''[[Solo: Live from San Francisco]]'' | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | 2009 | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | | ||
+ | | style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" | McCoy Tyner Music | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Compilations== | ||
+ | *''[[Afro Blue (McCoy Tyner album)|Afro Blue]]'' - 2007 - Telarc | ||
+ | *''The Best of the McCoy Tyner Big Band'' - Milestone | ||
+ | *''The Best of McCoy Tyner'' - Blue Note | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==As sideman== | ||
+ | '''with [[George Benson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Tenderly'' (1989) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Art Blakey]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[A Jazz Message]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[John Blake, Jr.]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Maiden Dance'' (1983) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Donald Byrd]]''' | ||
+ | *''[[Mustang! (Donald Byrd album)|Mustang!]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[John Coltrane]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Like Sonny (album)|Like Sonny]]'' (Tracks with Tyner rec. 1960) | ||
+ | * ''[[Coltrane's Sound]]'' (1960, released 1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[Coltrane Jazz (album)|Coltrane Jazz]]'' (only on “Village Blues”) (1961) | ||
+ | * ''[[My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album)|My Favorite Things]]'' (1961) | ||
+ | * ''[[Africa/Brass]]'' (1961) | ||
+ | * ''[[Live! at the Village Vanguard]]'' (1961) | ||
+ | * ''[[Coltrane (Impulse! album)|Coltrane]]'' (1962) | ||
+ | * ''[[Olé Coltrane]]'' (1962) | ||
+ | * ''[[Coltrane Plays the Blues]]'' (1962) | ||
+ | * ''[[Ballads (John Coltrane album)|Ballads]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[Impressions (John Coltrane album)|Impressions]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[Live at Birdland (1964 John Coltrane album)|Live at Birdland]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[Afro Blue Impressions]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[Crescent (John Coltrane)|Crescent]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[A Love Supreme]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[To the Beat of a Different Drum]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[The John Coltrane Quartet Plays]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[Ascension (John Coltrane album)|Ascension]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[New Thing at Newport]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[Kulu Sé Mama]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[Meditations (John Coltrane album)|Meditations]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[Om (John Coltrane album)|Om]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Coltrane Legacy]]'' (Atlantic, compilation of outtakes, 1970) | ||
+ | * ''[[Transition (John Coltrane album)|Transition]]'' (1970) | ||
+ | * ''[[Sun Ship]]'' (1971) | ||
+ | * ''[[First Meditations]]'' (1977) | ||
+ | * ''[[Living Space (album)|Living Space]]'' (1998) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Lou Donaldson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Lush Life (Lou Donaldson album)|Lush Life]]'' (1967) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Art Farmer]] and [[Benny Golson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Meet the Jazztet]]'' (Argo, 1960) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''With [[Curtis Fuller]]''' | ||
+ | *''[[Imagination (Curtis Fuller album)|Imagination]]'' (Savoy, 1959) | ||
+ | * ''[[Images of Curtis Fuller]]'' (Savoy, 1960) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Grant Green]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Matador (Grant Green album)|Matador]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[Solid (Grant Green album)|Solid]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Freddie Hubbard]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Open Sesame (Freddie Hubbard album)|Open Sesame]]'' (1960) | ||
+ | * ''[[Goin' Up]]'' (1960) | ||
+ | * ''[[Ready for Freddie]]'' (1961) | ||
+ | * ''[[Blue Spirits]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Joe Henderson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Page One (Joe Henderson album)|Page One]]'' (1963) | ||
+ | * ''[[In 'N Out]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[Inner Urge (Joe Henderson album)|Inner Urge]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Bobby Hutcherson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Stick-Up!]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[Solo / Quartet]]'' (1982) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Milt Jackson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[In a New Setting]]'' (Limelight, 1964) | ||
+ | * ''Spanish Fly'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[I/We Had a Ball]]'' (Limelight, 1965) - 1 track | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[J. J. Johnson]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Proof Positive'' (1964) (appears on only 1 track) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Blue Mitchell]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Heads Up! (album)|Heads Up]]'' (1968) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Hank Mobley]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[A Caddy for Daddy]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[A Slice of the Top]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[Straight No Filter]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Lee Morgan]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Tom Cat (album)|Tom Cat]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[Delightfulee]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Bill Evans: A Tribute'' (1982) [[Palo Alto Records|Palo Alto]] | ||
+ | * ''[[Special Quartet]]'' (1990) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Julian Priester]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Spiritsville (album)|Spiritsville]]'' (Jazzland, 1960) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Ron Carter]], and [[Al Foster]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Milestone Jazzstars in Concert'' (1978) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Avery Sharpe]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Unspoken Words'' (1989) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Woody Shaw]], [[Jackie McLean]], [[Cecil McBee]], and [[Jack DeJohnette]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[One Night with Blue Note|One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume Two]]'' (1985) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Wayne Shorter]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Night Dreamer]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[JuJu (Wayne Shorter album)|JuJu]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Soothsayer]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Sonny Stitt]]''' | ||
+ | * ''Loose Walk'' (1966) | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''with [[Stanley Turrentine]]''' | ||
+ | * ''[[Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine album)|Mr. Natural]]'' (1964) | ||
+ | * ''[[Rough 'n' Tumble]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[Easy Walker]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Spoiler (album)|The Spoiler]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[A Bluish Bag]]'' (1967) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Return of the Prodigal Son (album)|The Return of the Prodigal Son]]'' (1967) | ||
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Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.
He is known for such albums as Trident (1975) which features a rendition of "Impressions" (Coltrane) of which the bassline was sampled in "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" (1991).
Tyner was the older brother of Jarvis Tyner, former executive vice chairman of the Communist Party USA.
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Biography
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. When he was 17, he converted to Islam through the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and changed his name to Sulieman Saud. His neighbors in Philadelphia included musicians Richie Powell and Bud Powell.
Career
In 1960, Tyner joined the Jazztet led by Benny Golson and Art Farmer. Six months later, he joined the quartet of John Coltrane that included Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. He worked with the band during its extended run at the Jazz Gallery, replacing Steve Kuhn (Coltrane had known Tyner for a while in Philadelphia, and performed one of the pianist's compositions, "The Believer", as early as 1958). He played on Coltrane's My Favorite Things for Atlantic. The band toured almost non-stop between 1961 and 1965, recording the albums Live! at the Village Vanguard, Ballads, Live at Birdland, Crescent, A Love Supreme, and The John Coltrane Quartet Plays for Impulse!.
While in Coltrane's group, he recorded albums as a leader in a piano trio. He also appeared as a sideman on many Blue Note albums of the 1960s, although he was often credited as "etc." on the cover of these albums to respect his contract with Impulse! Records.
Post-Coltrane
His involvement with Coltrane came to an end in 1965. Coltrane's music was becoming much more atonal and free; he had also augmented his quartet with percussion players who threatened to drown out both Tyner and Jones: "I didn't see myself making any contribution to that music... All I could hear was a lot of noise. I didn't have any feeling for the music, and when I don't have feelings, I don't play". In 1966, Tyner rehearsed with a new trio and embarked on a career as a bandleader.
After leaving Coltrane's group, Tyner produced a series of post-bop albums released by Blue Note from 1967 to 1970. These included The Real McCoy (1967), Tender Moments (1967), Time for Tyner (1968), Expansions (1968) and Extensions (1970). He signed with Milestone and recorded Sahara (1972), Enlightenment (1973), and Fly with the Wind (1976), which included flautist Hubert Laws, drummer Billy Cobham, and a string orchestra.
His music for Blue Note and Milestone often took the music of the Coltrane quartet as a starting point. Tyner also incorporated African and East Asian elements in his music. On Sahara he played koto in addition to piano, flute, and percussion. These albums have been cited as examples of innovative jazz from the 1970s that was neither fusion nor free jazz. On Trident (1975) Tyner played the harpsichord and celeste, instruments heard rarely in jazz.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Tyner worked in a trio that included Avery Sharpe on bass and Louis Hayes, then Aaron Scott, on drums. He made solo albums for Blue Note, starting with Revelations (1988) and culminating in Soliloquy (1991). After signing with Telarc, he recorded with several trios that included Charnett Moffett on bass and Al Foster on drums. In 2008, he toured with a quartet of Gary Bartz, Gerald L. Cannon, and Eric Kamau Gravatt.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed McCoy Tyner among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
On March 6, 2020, Tyner died at his home in northern New Jersey, at the age of 81. No other details were provided.
Style
Tyner is considered to be one of the most injazz pianists of the 20th century, an honor he earned during and after his time with Coltrane. Although he was a member of Coltrane's group, he was never overshadowed by Coltrane. He complemented and inspired Coltrane's open approach. His style of piano is comparable to Coltrane's maximalist style on saxophone.
Tyner and Coltrane used similar scales, chordal structures, melodic phrasings, and rhythms.
Tyner, who was left-handed, played with a low bass left hand in which he raised his arm high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack. His right-hand soloing was detached and staccato. His melodic vocabulary was rich, ranging from raw blues to complexly superimposed pentatonic scales; his approach to chord voicing (most characteristically by fourths) has influenced contemporary jazz pianists, such as Chick Corea.
Relatives
Tyner was the older brother of Jarvis Tyner, former executive vice chairman of the Communist Party USA.
Discography
This discography of jazz pianist McCoy Tyner contains albums that he has released under his own name as well as albums on which he has appeared.
As leader
Compilations
- Afro Blue - 2007 - Telarc
- The Best of the McCoy Tyner Big Band - Milestone
- The Best of McCoy Tyner - Blue Note
As sideman
with George Benson
- Tenderly (1989)
with Art Blakey
- A Jazz Message (1964)
with John Blake, Jr.
- Maiden Dance (1983)
with Donald Byrd
- Mustang! (1966)
with John Coltrane
- Like Sonny (Tracks with Tyner rec. 1960)
- Coltrane's Sound (1960, released 1964)
- Coltrane Jazz (only on “Village Blues”) (1961)
- My Favorite Things (1961)
- Africa/Brass (1961)
- Live! at the Village Vanguard (1961)
- Coltrane (1962)
- Olé Coltrane (1962)
- Coltrane Plays the Blues (1962)
- Ballads (1963)
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
- Impressions (1963)
- Live at Birdland (1963)
- Afro Blue Impressions (1963)
- Crescent (1964)
- A Love Supreme (1964)
- To the Beat of a Different Drum (1965)
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965)
- Ascension (1965)
- New Thing at Newport (1965)
- Kulu Sé Mama (1965)
- Meditations (1965)
- Om (1965)
- The Coltrane Legacy (Atlantic, compilation of outtakes, 1970)
- Transition (1970)
- Sun Ship (1971)
- First Meditations (1977)
- Living Space (1998)
with Lou Donaldson
- Lush Life (1967)
with Art Farmer and Benny Golson
- Meet the Jazztet (Argo, 1960)
With Curtis Fuller
- Imagination (Savoy, 1959)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960)
with Grant Green
with Freddie Hubbard
- Open Sesame (1960)
- Goin' Up (1960)
- Ready for Freddie (1961)
- Blue Spirits (1964)
with Joe Henderson
- Page One (1963)
- In 'N Out (1964)
- Inner Urge (1964)
with Bobby Hutcherson
- Stick-Up! (1966)
- Solo / Quartet (1982)
with Milt Jackson
- In a New Setting (Limelight, 1964)
- Spanish Fly (1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) - 1 track
with J. J. Johnson
- Proof Positive (1964) (appears on only 1 track)
with Blue Mitchell
- Heads Up (1968)
with Hank Mobley
- A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
- A Slice of the Top (1966)
- Straight No Filter (1966)
with Lee Morgan
- Tom Cat (1964)
- Delightfulee (1966)
with David Murray
- Bill Evans: A Tribute (1982) Palo Alto
- Special Quartet (1990)
with Julian Priester
- Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960)
with Sonny Rollins, Ron Carter, and Al Foster
- Milestone Jazzstars in Concert (1978)
with Avery Sharpe
- Unspoken Words (1989)
with Woody Shaw, Jackie McLean, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette
with Wayne Shorter
- Night Dreamer (1964)
- JuJu (1964)
- The Soothsayer (1965)
with Sonny Stitt
- Loose Walk (1966)
with Stanley Turrentine
- Mr. Natural (1964)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- Easy Walker (1966)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)