Piano legend McCoy Tyner to headline 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival
By Tim Campbell
MARCH 21, 2017 — 5:07PM
One of jazz’s all-time greats, pianist McCoy Tyner, will headline this summer’s Twin Cities Jazz Festival.
The powerhouse keyboardist who helped drive John Coltrane to his greatest heights, Tyner (pictured above) remains a commanding presence at age 78, as he proved in gigs last fall at the Dakota Jazz Club. He’ll play the free stage in St. Paul’s Mears Park at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24.
The roster for the 19th annual festival sticks pretty closely to the jazz tradition, after flirting with New Orleans R&B (2015 headliner Dr. John) and pop/hip-hop (2016 act Michael Franti) in the past couple years.
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