Piano legend #McCoyTyner

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.

read more at http://www.startribune.com/piano-legend-mccoy-tyner-to-headline-2017-twin-cities-jazz-festival/416765663/

McCoy Tyner Trio with John Scofield ....

McCoy Tyner Trio with John Scofield - Johnette -Carter https://t.co/yND8Jsy13u #jazz #piano #art #jazzMusic #instrumental

— ArtMusic Luiz Santos (@BrazilArtMusic) 5 de dezembro de 2016

McCoy Tyner Trio w John Scofield ....

RT @AfroBrazilJazz: McCoy Tyner Trio w John Scofield - Johnette -Carter https://t.co/secPfLe9fW #jazz #piano #art #jazzMusic #instrumental

— BlueTruffleMusic (@BlueTruffleJazz) 6 de dezembro de 2016

McCoyTyner

Here's a #McCoyTyner playlist to get you ready for the 6 piano salute to Tyner on June 19: https://t.co/xkxXhWY8Ho pic.twitter.com/dFYHHCbn7K

— SFJAZZ (@SFJAZZ) June 14, 2016

McCoy Tyner On Piano Jazz

September 12, 2008 - McCoy Tyner was born on Dec. 11, 1938, and grew up in a Philadelphia neighborhood with Richie Powell and Bud Powell as neighbors. They were among his early musical influences, as were Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum.

Tyner began playing at age 13, and took to the piano quickly. By the time he reached high school, he had begun playing in venues around Philadelphia and nearby cities. His first big gig came in 1959 when he joined the Benny Golson-Art Farmer Jazztet. In 1960, saxophonist John Coltrane, who had recently left the Miles Davis group, invited Tyner to join his new quartet. Tyner played with Coltrane's quartet for about five years, and his unique approach to the piano helped to define the modal style for which that group became famous. The quartet gained international acclaim and is recognized as one of the most important and influential groups in the history of modern jazz.

After Tyner left Coltrane in 1965 he went on to play with his own trio. Eventually, he worked as a sideman with Jimmy Witherspoon, and with Ike and Tina Turner, and he continued to make his own recordings as a leader, something he began doing while still in Coltrane's group. It wasn't until Tyner signed with Milestone Records in 1972 that he began achieving individual recognition, eventually becoming known as one of the all-time jazz greats in his own right.

Tyner recorded with various labels over the next two decades, including Blue Note, but eventually found a home label with Telarc in the late 1990s. His 2007 recording, McCoy Tyner Quartet, features Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, and Jeff "Tain" Watts.
Originally recorded May 4, 1983. Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 1983.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94547798&ps=rs

McCoy Tyner - Giant Steps

A solo piano performance of John Coltrane's Giant Steps, by McCoy Tyner, 1996, Hamburg

McCoy Tyner & Gary Bartz

Highline Piano Series

McCOY TYNER TRIO CD RELEASE SHOW
With Special Guest Gary Bartz  +
Opening Act Jon Batiste Band
August 23,2009
Piano by Steinway & Sons.

Located at 431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave
(212) 414-5994

Concert starts @ 7:30PM
Doors open @ 6 PM
Tickets $35.00 in advance
$40.00 day of show.

McCoy Tyner
Jazz piano legend McCoy Tyner will be joined by his trio and special guest alto saxophonist Gary Bartz for one night only at the Highline Ballroom in New York on Sunday, August 23. Tyner is celebrating the release of his latest CD on McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note Records and first solo recording in almost a decade titled Solo: Live From San Francisco, scheduled for an Aug. 25 official release. As a youth, Tyner was catapulted into the spotlight for his role in the John Coltrane Quartet, and at the Highline Ballroom, he will effectively pass the torch to another young pianist, the up and coming New Orleans native Jon Batiste, who Tyner has invited to perform as the opening act with his band. At the young age of 22, Batiste’s versatility, incredible musicianship and understanding of the music’s history prove that the future of jazz is in good hands.
McCoy Tyner homepage

Jonathan Batiste
Jonathan Batiste is one of the next ambassadors of the culture of jazz music in America. Developing his own unique voice, the statement that he will make will be one that is distinctly his own. His statement in one that stresses the importance of humanity, sophistication, intelligence, and soul within music and the culture. Aiming to become an influential voice of the people through music in society, this New Orleans native is continually growing and changing into what will become a very powerful voice, not only in music but in society.

By the age of 17, he released his first of his two CDs as a leader entitled "Times In New Orleans" which features the talents of some of New Orleans finest musicians including Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison and Christian Scott.
He is presently studying Jazz Piano at The Juilliard School of music in New York.
In 2005 he made his debut at Carnegie Hall at 18 years old. In 2007 he made his debut in at the Concert Gebouw in Amsterdam producing and performing in his own show and conducting music clinics/masterclasses and workshops throughout all of Holland in inner city schools and underprivileged neighborhoods.
Now a flame on the NYC scene, he has been invited to play with various wonderful musicians such as Abbey Lincoln, Wynton Marsalis, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Buffet, Cassandra Wilson, Curtis Fuller, David "Fathead" Newman (saxophonist for Ray Charles), Maraca, Louis Hayes, Goapele, as well as some of South Africa's musicians such as Ernie Smith, Prince Kupi, Musa Manzani.
Jonathan Batiste myspace

McCoy Tyner Trio - My Favorite Things

McCoy Tyner,
Avery Sharpe,
Louis Hayes

McCoy Tyner Launches New Solo Album

Since their engagement by the Half Note Records in 2007, the McCoy Tyner Music has released some work. In 2007 was "Quartet" a live recording with Joe Lovano, Christian McBride and Jeff "Tain" Watts in the band of John Coltrane, but was rather ambitious considering its own terms. Then came "Guitars," last year, with an interesting set recorded on CD / DVD, Tyner battle where the fourth chord to sound against the forefront of the band to support the product guitarists.

Next August 25, fans of Tyner, or anyone with an interest in American jazz, you have access to "Solo: Live in San Francisco. While "Quartet" was recorded in the "Bay Area" in the "Yoshi's Oakland," this session was recorded in "Herbst Theater" during the Festval of Jazz from San Francisco (SFJAZZ) in spring 2007. Program are included in the basic repertoire of Tyner and "standards". "Live From San Francisco" is the first solo recording in Tyner in the last ten years. Below the tracks:

1. African Village African Village
2. I Should Care I Should Care
3. Lazy Bird Lazy Bird
4. Naima Naima
5. Just Feelin' Just Feelin '
6. You Taught My Heart to Sing You Taught My Heart to Sing
7. Blues for Jeff Blues for Jeff
8. Ballad for Aisha Ballad for Aisha
9. Sweet and Lovely Sweet and Lovely
10. Angelina Angelina
11. In a Mellow Tone In a Mellow Tone

The lovers of the work Tyner can assist you with your most trio Gary Bartz on saxophone in the "Highline Ballroom" in New York, on August 23, before he started a "tour" by Japan
Source: JazzTimes / Evan Haga

McCoy Tyner - Guitars

McCoy Tyner. The last living member of the great John Coltrane Quartet. The mere mention of his name stirs up admiration in any jazz fan's heart. Any new CD he releases is worth a listen, right? Yeah, it is. The concept behind his newest one (which has staked out a comfy spot at the top of the jazz charts for quite a while now) is given away pretty easily by the title: it's McCoy jamming with a bunch of different guitarists. The attendance sheet is surprising at first: Bela Fleck (playing banjo, not guitar), Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, John Scofield and Derek Trucks. For some reason I thought he would have picked a more conventional lineup of solid straight-ahead players -- in my mind the list was going to read something like: Peter Bernstein, Russell Malone, Dave Stryker, and probably Scofield, too. But instead, he picks a group of iconoclasts, each with a strong vision and personal identity.
With a rhythm section of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, you have a room full of larger-than-life musical personalities. And instead of making it some big Grammy-ready production, the guys pretty much conduct a straight-up jam session. Each guitarist picked two or three tunes to play with the trio. It sounds rough and unrehearsed, but ultimately engrossing. The combination of such great players essentially just having a ball in the studio couldn't have been anything less. DeJohnette is absolutely on fire, as always, Carter lays it down as only he knows how, and Tyner's individual voice shines through. One observation: Frisell and Scofield posses two of the most distinctive guitar sounds in modern jazz, and they seemed to have flattened them out a little bit for this recording.
http://accujazzblog.blogspot.com/

McCoy Tyner - Guitars

On September 23, 2008 McCoy Tyner will release a CD/DVD titled GUITARS on McCoy Tyner Music / Half Note Records featuring a trio of Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and special guests Bela Fleck, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot and Bill Frisell. The DVD has multiple angle viewing capabilities. For more information please visit www.bluenotejazz.com and www.mccoytyner.com