McCoy Tyner

After thirty seconds of silence of course

Just got into his catalogue not too long and now he's gone. Damn damn damn. RIP

Stack those fourths til you get all the way up to heaven

Extensions

Love this footage of Tyner with Roland Kirk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiI2ZHmxPPo

Check the rollneck!

First there is his melodic inventiveness and along with that the clarity of his ideas. He also gets a very personal sound from his instrument. In addition, McCoy has an exceptionally well developed sense of form, both as a soloist and accompanist. Invariably, in our group, he will take a tune and build his own structure for it. He is always looking for the most personal way of expressing himself. And finally, McCoy has taste. He can take anything, no matter how weird, and make it sound beautiful.

Coltrane from the notes on his Inception lp.

Inception is the only one I own, bought at random. one of those record I'm always in the mood to listen to

I have this 3CD Mosaic box from 2007 that gathers up Expansions, Extensions (the one with Alice Coltrane), Asante and Cosmos. And then I have digital copies a bunch more. I interviewed him once, in 2008 or so, when he made the album Guitars; it was a very awkward encounter, because he really didn't like talking about his work. I went out of my way to not go the "so tell me about John Coltrane!" route, but he just wasn't into it.

RIP

I love the front cover of Sahara, and the track Rebirth is as fire as anything he ever recorded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDoGMQMl77A&list=PL5A83E4A2F654F95B&index=5&t=0s

I love both his 60's and 70's period, not familiar with his 80's + beyond period, apart that rather lovely duo he did with Stephane Grappelli in '90.

oh boy

Song of the New World as well, what an album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWYWgda5f0I

seeing this performance of 'my favourite things' was such a mind-opener when i first encountered it - not just mccoy obv, but those rumbling clouds of sound were completely soul-stirring for me and the thing i think about most when i hear him play

I found the story I wrote on him in 2009, based on the interview I mentioned above; here's a link for anyone interested.

Damn, knew it was coming eventually. A force of nature, it's almost wild to think of him and Elvin in the same rhythm section, I wonder who pushed who further.

I went back through his records a few months ago now that they're all on Spotify (and used to be SO hard to find), so many underrated gems.

Legend. You listen to a bit of jazz piano and McCoy Tyner definitely had a singular sound. That Coltrane quartet had such a sympathetic nature, there are moments where John leads and there were parts when Elvin pushed but how Tyner would react to Trane in how he placed those chords sometimes in accompaniment was literally the bit that seemed to take the intensity over the top and raise the hairs on the back of the neck for listeners on those sax solos. I suppose some of it is similar to those extended intervals that Bill Evans and other would use, but Tyner would have such a unique way of rhythmically playing those chords. I'd say how how soloed with chords is a big part of that unique sound.

I've not heard but a sliver of Tyner's total recorded output, but I got to figure anything he ever played upon is worth hearing.

fucking Trident slays me every single time
Rip

Sama Layuca was another top album as well.

blasting Sama now!

I love his whole Milestone run, and so did Orrin Keepnews, who recorded MT more than anyone else. What a body of work.

farewell to the master, RIP

the greatest — The Real McCoy is one of those front-to-back classic albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDhFyXAvlg
RIP

Ah man, RIP. This version was my go-to McCoy jam when I first heard him in my twenties, kind of still is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xey_OHwO8s0

Worth noting from the comments:

Rayy‘s Musikladen
5 years ago
Most energetic version ever, featuring The Real McCoy with an epic piano solo and Alphonse's drum 'carpet' in best Elvin Jones tradition. What a pity that the latter switched to mediocre fusion music later on.

Alphonse Mouzon
4 years ago
+octopus34 Thanks so much - but I wouldn't call my 2011 Top Ten all-star straight-ahead jazz CD "ANGEL FACE" mediocre fusion http://www.tenaciousrecords.comAngel_Face.html or my classic jazz-fusion album/CD "MIND TRANSPLANT".

:(

RIP

Rest in peace. You gave us such beauty.

alphonse is right, Mind Transplant is a ripper

listening to enlightenment this morning and feeling like i'm at the center of an infinite spiral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnQJsrUYb8Q

^This version particularly good. Nate Chinen embedded it in his obit here: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/06/812940062/mccoy-tyner-groundbreaking-pianist-of-20th-century-jazz-dies-at-81

Such beautiful music. 'Extensions' and 'Sahara' are probably my favourites, but I'd never listened to 'Enlightenment' till this morning so what do I know.

Been digging into Tyner some lately and have spent some time with Atlantis — straight fire, like a damn freight train.

Was listening to Alice Coltrane's Huntington Ashram tonight, and some of the piano later on the album really reminded me of McCoy. Did they ever collaborate?

Yeah; she's on his album Extensions.

Ah! I only have mp3s of that one [and thus no sleevenotes] but it's one of my favourites of his

Love this set, for the music, but also for the audience shots of blissed out mid-70s Europeans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrZkbSeyF6M

Amazing - thanks for sharing

RIP Juini Booth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P7mPNvwMYM

RIP, but also yes, I love this particular band and it's great to see what Alphonse Mouzon is actually doing. Those 90' cymbals and perfectly flat drums!