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Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy award winner.
This is the official website of jazz legend McCoy Tyner.
Mar 6, 2020 · McCoy Tyner, a cornerstone of John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1960s quartet and one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, died on Friday at his home in northern New Jersey. He was 81.
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BIOGRAPHY. SHAPING MODERN JAZZ… McCoy Tyner’s piano style, complete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand, has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. His harmonic contributions and dramatic rhythmic devices form the vocabulary of a majority of jazz pianists.
Mar 6, 2020 · McCoy Tyner, a pianist whose deep resonance, hammering attack and sublime harmonic invention made him a game-changing catalyst in jazz and beyond, died Friday, March 6, at his home in New Jersey.
McCoy Tyner (born December 11, 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 6, 2020, New Jersey) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, noted for his technical virtuosity and dazzling improvisations.
Mar 10, 2020 · Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner died last Friday at age 81. Tyner led his own groups across five decades. But he was ever associated with John Coltrane, whose quartet Tyner played in.
Mar 6, 2020 · McCoy Tyner, a jazz pianist best known for his work in John Coltrane's legendary Sixties quartet, has died at age 81.
Mar 6, 2020 · He was 81 years old. Born in Philadelphia in 1938, Tyner began to play piano and take lessons at age 13. By the time he was in his early 20s, he was performing alongside Bennie Golson and...
