Pianist McCoy Tyner was just a teenager when Philadelphia neighbors like Bud Powell and the young Lee Morgan began hipping him to the sounds of modern jazz. Soon, Tyner was playing on his own, cutting his teeth with Benny Golson and Art Farmer, before being picked up -- at age 21 -- by John Coltrane, who asked the young musician to join what would become his “classic quartet."
The now-71-year-old legend played with Coltrane for five years, appearing on seminal albums like “My Favorite Things" and “A Love Supreme." Then he stepped out on his own and became, along with Bill Evans (according to the All Music Guide), “the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years."
This Sunday, Tyner brings his current trio to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass., for an intimate concert that will be rich in history and improvisation.
The now-71-year-old legend played with Coltrane for five years, appearing on seminal albums like “My Favorite Things" and “A Love Supreme." Then he stepped out on his own and became, along with Bill Evans (according to the All Music Guide), “the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years."
This Sunday, Tyner brings his current trio to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass., for an intimate concert that will be rich in history and improvisation.
