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X-WR-CALNAME:MCCOY TYNER QUARTET FEATURING JOE LOVANO in New York City
	 at Blue Note - Eventful
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SUMMARY:MCCOY TYNER QUARTET FEATURING JOE LOVANO
DESCRIPTION: FEATURING: McCoy Tyner\, piano Gerald Cannon\, bass Eric 
	Kamau Gravatt\, drums featuring: Joe Lovano\, tenor saxophone  It is n
	ot an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the mus
	ic of McCoy Tyner. His blues-based piano style\, replete with sophisti
	cated chords and an explosively percussive left hand has transcended c
	onventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in im
	provised music. His harmonic contributions and dramatic rhythmic devic
	es form the vocabulary of a majority of jazz pianists. Born in 1938 in
	 Philadelphia\, he became a part of the fertile jazz and R&B scene of 
	the early '50s. His parents imbued him with a love for music from an e
	arly age. His mother encouraged him to explore his musical interests t
	hrough formal training. At 17 he began a career-changing relationship 
	with Miles Davis' sideman saxophonist John Coltrane. Tyner joined Colt
	rane for the classic album My Favorite Things (1960)\, and remained at
	 the core of what became one of the most seminal groups in jazz histor
	y\, The John Coltrane Quartet. The band\, which also included drummer 
	Elvin Jones and bassist Jimmy Garrison\, had an extraordinary chemistr
	y\, fostered in part by Tyner's almost familial relationship with Colt
	rane. From 1960 through 1965\, Tyner's name was propelled to internati
	onal renown\, as he developed a new vocabulary that transcended the pi
	ano styles of the time\, providing a unique harmonic underpinning and 
	rhythmic charge essential to the group's sound. He performed on Coltra
	ne's classic recordings such as Live at the Village Vanguard\, Impress
	ions and Coltrane's signature suite\, A Love Supreme. In 1965\, after 
	over five years with Coltrane's quartet\, Tyner left the group to expl
	ore his destiny as a composer and bandleader. Among his major projects
	 is a 1967 album entitled The Real McCoy\, on which he was joined by s
	axophonist Joe Henderson\, bassist Ron Carter and fellow Coltrane alum
	nus Elvin Jones. His 1972 Grammy-award nomination album Sahara\, broke
	 new ground by the sounds and rhythms of Africa. Since 1980\, he has a
	lso arranged his lavishly textured harmonies for a big band that perfo
	rms and records when possible. In the late 1980s\, he mainly focused o
	n his regular piano trio featuring Avery Sharpe on bass and Aarron Sco
	tt on drums. As of today\, this trio is still in great demand. He retu
	rned to Impulse in 1995\, with a superb album featuring Michael Brecke
	r. In 1996 he recorded a special album with the music of Burt Bacharac
	h. In 1998 he changed labels again and recorded an interesting latin a
	lbum and an album featuring Stanley Clarke for TelArc. Tyner has alway
	s expanded his vision of the musical landscape and incorporated new el
	ements\, whether from distant continents or diverse musical influences
	. More recently he has arranged for big bands\, employed string arrang
	ements\, and even reinterpreted popular music. Today\, Tyner has relea
	sed nearly 80 albums under his name\, earned four Grammys and was awar
	ded Jazz Master from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002. He c
	ontinues to leave his mark on generations of improvisers\, and yet rem
	ains a disarmingly modest and spiritually directed man. COMING SOON: M
	cCoy Tyner's second release for the McCoy Tyner Music label is schedul
	ed for a mid 2008 release. The recording features the stellar rhythm s
	ection of Tyner\, Ron Carter\, and Jack DeJohnette with four modern gu
	itarists (and one banjo) of our time: Bill Frisell\, Marc Ribot\, John
	 Scofield\, Derek Trucks\, and Bela Fleck. The package will be a CD/DV
	D featuring state-of-the-art technology that allows the viewer to manu
	ally choose which musician(s) they would like to view in the studio at
	 any time during each track. In late 2008\, Tyner will release his thi
	rd recording for McCoy Tyner Music\, a solo piano performance recorded
	 live in San Francisco during the summer of 2007. More details regardi
	ng this release will be available soon. 
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