McCoy Tyner article in the Wall St Journal

[mjzee]

Forty-five years ago, long before the improvisations of John Coltrane and his pianist McCoy Tyner were memorized by several generations of music students, it was tough for writers to come up with the right words to describe Mr. Tyner's playing style: distinctly post-bebop, but no less obviously steeped in the entire history of jazz piano. By now we can simply agree to call it McCoy Tyner Style.

Mr. Tyner's version of "Greensleeves" on his new album, "Guitars," is dark and mysterious, full of deep power grooves that seem to go all the way back to Africa. Yet the song also harks back, as it must, to its English roots. And when you realize that Mr. Tyner frequently played "Greensleeves" with Coltrane, you recognize it as a journey into Mr. Tyner's past as well.

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[CJ Shearn]

Tyner solo recorded in SF, at Yoshi's?