McCoy Tyner
USA
Born: 11 December 1938
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Modern Creative, Free Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Modern Big Band, Big Band, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cuban Jazz, Standards, Avant-Garde Jazz
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It is to McCoy Tyner's great credit that his career after John Coltrane has been far from anti-climatic. Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years, with his chord voicings being adopted and utilized by virtually every younger pianist. A powerful virtuoso and a true original (compare his playing in the early '60s with anyone else from the time), Tyner (like Thelonious Monk) has not altered his style all that much from his early days but he has continued to grow and become even stronger. Tyner...
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Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Oscar Peterson (166)
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- Chick Corea (111)
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Enrico Pieranunzi (27)
- Alice Coltrane (14)
- David Liebman (10)
- Elvin Jones (9)
- Richie Beirach (9)
- Steve Turre (5)
- John Hicks (5)
- Geri Allen (4)
- Hal Galper (3)
- Eddie Palmieri (2)
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- Duke Ellington (169)
- Ron Carter (33)
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