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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
Artist Information
Genres: Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Early Creative, Modern Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, Standards
Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: December 11, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA
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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 and a true original (compare his playing in the early '60s with anyone else from the time), Tyner (like Thelonious Monk) has not altered his style all that much from his early days but he has continued to grow and become even stronger. Tyner grew up in Philadelphia, where Bud Powell and Richie Powell were neighbors.
Discography
Release: September 23, 2008
Label: Half Note/McCoy Tyner, McCoy Tyner
Release: December 15, 2007
Label: Universal Japan