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McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell & Gary BartzFriday 10 July 22.30 hMcCoy Tyner (piano), Gerald Cannon (bass), Eric Kamau Gravatt (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar),Gary Bartz (altsaxofoon, sopraansaxofoon, klarinet)Pianist McCoy Tyner is a bright light of the jazz scene. From an early age, he acquired areputation as the pianist with the John Coltrane Quartet, with whom he recorded many songs.Since then, he has continued to record and tour dauntlessly.Just like Coltrane, Tyner comes from Philadelphia, where he was born into a musical family. Hestarted playing the piano at the age of thirteen and after two years, he was completely underthe spell of the music. McCoy Tyner is in large part self‐taught, apart from three years of formalmusic training. But at the age of 15, he was already a developing professional. He mentions BudPowell, Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum as his first influences. He became the pianist in thefamous Jazztet of saxophone player Benny Golson. In 1959, he met saxophone legend JohnColtrane, who told him that he would soon be starting his own quartet and that Tyner was theright man for the piano chair.In 1960, at twenty two, he became a member of John Coltrane’s quartet. He was audible for thefirst time on Coltrane's famous album My Favorite Things. McCoy Tyner achieved fame playingbeside bass player Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones. Between 1961 and 1965, hetoured almost non‐stop and collaborated on some classical albums: Live At The VillageVanguard, Ballads, A Love Supreme, Ascension. Together, they pushed back frontiers. Thisquartet had great energy and drive and produced an incredible, explosive power.During his time in the Coltrane quartet, McCoy Tyner had also begun recording his own albums,such as Inception. After he left Coltrane in 1965, he released a series of records for Blue Note,including the classic The Real McCoy. Later, he moved over to the Milestone label and recordedSahara (1972), Enlightenment (1973), and Fly With The Wind. In his music for Blue Note andMilestone, he often used the influence of Coltrane, but Tyner also dipped into African and Asianmusic. Furthermore, he likes to mix blues and Latin impressions into his music. These albumsare often mentioned as examples of essential, innovative jazz of the 1970s.McCoy Tyner churns out great chords and the rich, orchestral sound. He turns the piano into agrand, impressive instrument. His style is flowery, shamelessly romantic, vigorous, momentousand outspoken. McCoy Tyner is a master at creating contrasts. He nourishes a forceful style. Hewas able to create fireworks and intense grave sounds when playing the piano, but he was alsoa romantic. His ballads always sound very tender. Tyner is now 70 years old and an elderstatesman of jazz who likes to browse through a wide repertory.
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