McCoy Tyner

 

 Artist:  McCoy Tyner 

Birth Name:  Afred McCoy Tyner

Born:  December 11, 1938.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:   March 6, 2020 (Aged 81).  New Jersey, USA

Genre:   Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Occupation:   Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano

McCoy Tyner was an American Jazz Pianist, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.  He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Winner.  Not a player of electric Keyboards and Synthesizers,  he was committed to Acoustic Instrumentation.  He was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in Jazz History.

Title:  Forces Of Nature:  Live At Slugs (Deluxe Edition) (2024)

Genre:   Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Piano Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Global Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

1.  In 'N Out (26:44)

Side B:

 1.  We'll Be Together Again (14:15)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Taing Off (28:18)

Side D:

 1.  The Believer (10:05)

 2.  Isotope (7:03)

Personnel:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone

Henry Grimes:  Bass

Jack DeJohnette:  Drums

Forces Of Nature:  Live At Slugs is a live album by McCoy Tyner, orignally released in 1966 by Blue Note, remastered ad reissued on November 22, 2024 by Blue Note Records, recorded live at Slugs in New York, NY in 1966.  Deluxe Edition 2-LP 180 Gram Set.