With the jazztet the next year mccoys voicings and left hand work indicated that hed been influenced by red garland. Expansions is the tenth album by jazz pianist mccoy tyner and his fourth released on the blue note label. It was recorded in april 1973 and features performances by tyner with a big band including sonny fortune, hubert laws, alphonse mouzon and virgil jones and a string section on two tracks. They really are just a pentatonic scale played every other note. Mccoy tyner transcription reaching fourth duration. Mccoy tyner is one of the most influential pianist in jazz to emerge post 1959. Expansions by mccoy tyner on amazon music unlimited. I live in melbourne, australia and im 17 ive been on youtube for almost three. It can be looked at as coming from a dm6 and dmadd9 arpeggio with some chromatic passing. Pianist mccoy tyners second set as a leader has as of 1996 not been reissued on cd.
I heard him play phrases like this often when we worked together in the 1990s. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Mccoy tyner new cddvd trailer for guitars facebook. Mccoy tyner born december 11, 1938 is a jazz pianist from philadelphia, pennsylvania, known for his work with the john coltrane quartet and a long solo career. Mccoy tyner mccoy tyner style fourth chords for piano.
Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of verve reissues. Chase city concerts chase city concerts see all chase city concerts change location. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Featured in a trio with bassist henry grimes and drummer roy haynes, tyner performs two of his originals reaching fourth and blues back plus three standards and theme for ernie. Mccoy tyner listen and stream free music, albums, new. Amazon price new from used from audio cd, import, 1 jan 1987 please retry. One of my favorite players with herbie hancock and. Mccoy tyner piano, henry grimes bass, roy haynes drums from the album reaching fourth impluse records. Mccoy tyner piano, composer henry grimes bass roy haynes drums uploaded in hd at. Jazz pianist whose inventive twohanded forays, extensive modal solos, and dashing phrases made him arguably the best pianist to debut in the 60s.
Tyner, who was widely imitated, was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists. Some of my favorite solos are on the later recordings of the classic john coltrane quartet with elvin jones, jimmy garrison and mccoy tyner. Reaching fourth by mccoy tyner, mccoy tyner trio, mccoy. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Song of the new world is a 1973 album by jazz pianist mccoy tyner, his fourth to be released on the milestone label. Nights of ballads and blues mccoy tyner live at newport. Mccoy tyner was born on december 11, 1938 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa as alfred mccoy tyner. M ccoy tyner, the magisterial virtuoso who has been making a piano sound like an orchestra since his days with the john coltrane quartet in the 1960s, was at the bath festival this week, the first. He died on march 6, 2020 in bergenfield, new jersey, usa. Mccoy tyner reaching fourth transcription by casey dahl.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Alfred mccoy tyner was an american jazz pianist known for his work with the john coltrane quartet and a long solo career. He was an nea jazz master and a fivetime grammy winner. Mccoy tyner trio inception 196220 official digital. Tyner gained attention in the early and mid1960s as a member of john coltranes group, and learned from trane. Reaching fourth, an album by mccoy tyner trio on spotify. Heres a lick i learned from my friend, pianist burt eckoff. Now fixed to include mention of his impulse titles. Tyner was born in philadelphia as the oldest of three children. Provided to youtube by universal music group goodbye mccoy tyner trio reaching fourth.
He developed a unique voice on the instrument developing a new vocabulary for pianist with his use of pentatonic scal. Mccoy tyners profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Alfred mccoy tyner december 11, 1938 march 6, 2020 was a jazz pianist from philadelphia, pennsylvania, known for his work with the john coltrane quartet and a long solo career. Mccoy tyner mccoy tyner style fourth chords for piano riff lesson. Like reaching fourth and nights of ballads and blues, this album gives listeners the chance to hear what a very young tyner sounded like outside the confines of the classic john coltrane quartet of the early 60s.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Jazz pianists will often uses substitution chords to. They sound great and can be played in a number of ways. It was recorded in august 1968 and features performances by tyner with woody shaw, gary bartz, wayne shorter, ron carter, herbie lewis, and freddie waits. Ive already listened to plenty of evans and mingus. Hoping for many more to come, and more music along the way. Mccoy often uses a an ostinato chord on the tonic in low register on the first beat.
Alfred mccoy tyner december 11, 1938 march 6, 2020 was an american jazz pianist known for his work with the john coltrane quartet and a long solo career. Tenor madness the most beautiful girl in the world. Mccoy tyner p henry grimes b roy haynes d recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, november 14, 1962 music described as not as intense as his work with the coltrane quartet, tyners second album as leader for impulse is still noteworthy. Mccoy tyner composer, mccoy tyner trio orchestra, artist format. On september 23, 2008 mccoy tyner will release a cddvd titled guitars on mccoy tyner music half note records featuring a trio of ron carter, jack dejohnette and special guests bela fleck, derek trucks, john scofield, marc ribot and bill frisell.
Tyners use of fourths and the pentatonic scale was picked up by tons of pianists. Jazz guitar lessons mccoy tyner style dominant 7th phrase. This album is quite interesting as many of mccoys nontrane features both as a leader and sideman usually featured elvin jones on drums and reggie workman both coltrane alumnus or ron carter on bass, while reaching fourth has a different trio format. Mccoy tynervarious, bath festival music the guardian. Mccoy tyner trio with roy haynes and henry grimes mccoy tyner trio with roy haynes and henry grimes reaching fourth. I keep coming back to this album because the music is so tight snd both mccoy tyner and roy haynes are easy to identify. It works well over g7 or dm and also over related chords like bm7b5 or db7alt. Tyner remains one of the most influential pianists to emerge from. Not a player of electric keyboards and synthesizers, he was committed to acoustic instrumentation. Reaching fourth is the second album by jazz pianist mccoy tyner which was released on the impulse. Video shot at berklee college of music by rhett randolph. One of the two most original and influential pianists to fully emerge in the 1960s along with bill evans. I was mistakenly looking at just his blue note recording history, shame on me. Extensions lp, vinyl record album brilliant work as a leader from mccoy tyner and easily one of his most righteous albums ever dusty groove is chicagos online record store.
Mccoy tyner pentatonic ive been inspired by mccoy tyners playing as long as i can remember listening to jazz. John coltrane a love supreme live in antibes by antonio lucente. Fourth voicings, also known as quartal voicings, are more of a modern sound in jazz and were really explored thoroughly by mccoy tyner as well as chick corea in the 60s. Find out when mccoy tyner is next playing live near you. Im pretty sure that he picked it up from listening to mccoy tyner. I hope this elucidates, rather than further confuses jazzophiles. Provided to youtube by independent digital reaching fourth mccoy tyner mccoy tyner squeeze me. Listen to your favorite songs from expansions by mccoy tyner now. Max holmme piano chris mondak bass justin fossella drums s.
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