McCoy Tyner, Iconic and Influential Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81

[sandensea]

Source: Billboard

McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81.

Tyner was born in Philadelphia on Dec. 11, 1938. He eventually met Coltrane and joined him for the 1961 album My Favorite Things, a major commercial success that highlighted the remarkable chemistry of the John Coltrane Quartet. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

The quartet would go on to release more revered projects, becoming an international renowned group and one of the seminal acts in jazz history.

Tyner eventually found success apart from the John Coltrane Quartet, releasing more than 70 albums. He also won five Grammy Awards.

In 2002, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Read more: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9330381/mccoy-tyner-iconic-and-influential-jazz-pianist-dies-at-81

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McCoy Tyner, 1938-2020.

[NNadir]

1. I saw him play many times. He was great. A life well lived. n/t.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. He changed the way jazz piano players played, and composers and arrangers thought...

about harmony.

Every musician who picks up an instrument and takes on the challenge of improvising owes him a debt. He was also the perfect piano player for John Coltrane. McCoy, like Elvin Jones on drums, knew exactly how to frame and feed Coltrane as he took off into new worlds.

"The Real McCoy" is one of my desert island discs.

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