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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. [1] He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy award winner.
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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.
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.
- Ben Ratliff
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.
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. Tyner began performing with local jazz ensembles while in his mid-teens.
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A solo piano performance of John Coltrane's Giant Steps, by McCoy Tyner, 1996, Hamburg.McCoy Tyner, RIP. December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020.
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