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“I’ll just try to keep my mind open to whatever comes my way.”
McCoy Tyner
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Wayne Shorter and McCoy Tyner at “Night Dreamer” sessions, Van Gelder Studio [29 April 1964] by Francis Wolff
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“I couldn’t wait to go to work at night. It was just such a wonderful experience”
McCoy Tyner, talking about working with John Coltrane
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“To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself, my environment, about all kinds of different things in life. I play what I live. Therefore, just as I can’t predict what kinds of experiences I’m going to have, I can’t predict the directions in which my music will go. I just want to write and play my instrument as I feel.”
McCoy Tyner
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Few musicians have had the impact on the world of music that McCoy Tyner has. His sound has influenced pianists in each of his six decades as a performer.
Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 60 years with his chord voicings being adopted and utilised by virtually every younger pianist.
McCoy Tyner RIP, pic by Francis Wolff
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McCoy Tyner RIP [11th Dec 1938 – 6th March 2020]
McCoy Tyner pictured with John Coltrane
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“To me, Bill Evans was the Chopin of jazz. I loved him and respected him as a person. He was a great artist.”
McCoy Tyner
The John Coltrane Quartet
Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane and Jimmy Garrison
McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane
John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner at New Jersey's Van Gelder studios in 1963
The John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner.
John Coltrane 'Both Directions at Once: the Lost Album' recorded in 1963, to be released on 29th June
“By digesting the education and musical influence you’ve learned as a band member, you create your own ideology and sound.” McCoy Tyner
"To me Bill Evans was the Chopin of jazz. I loved him and respected him as a person. He was a great artist." McCoy Tyner
Bill Evans by Nancy Reiner
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"When a man's faith is never tried, I don't think he'll ever learn anything. You have to have trial and tribulation, or what are you going to learn?" McCoy Tyner, pictured at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1965 by Guy Le Querrec
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Happy 79th Birthday to McCoy Tyner, pictured here with John Coltrane and Jimmy Garrison
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John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [1963] Impulse!
Johnny Hartman – vocals John Coltrane – tenor sax McCoy Tyner – piano Jimmy Garrison – double bass Elvin Jones – drums
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1963 pics by Joe Alper
The John Coltrane Quartet
John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner