McCoy Tyner

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bandleader composer human jazz pianist

McCoy Tyner was a highly influential American jazz pianist and composer best known for his powerful, modal style and his work with the John Coltrane Quartet in the 1960s.

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McCoy Tyner canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart late 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Bobby Hutcherson ⓘ
Elvin Jones ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard ⓘ
Jimmy Garrison ⓘ
Joe Henderson ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
causeOfDeath unspecified illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfConversion 1950s ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-03-06 ⓘ
familyName Tyner ⓘ
fullName Alfred W. McCoy ⓘ
surface form: Alfred McCoy Tyner
genre jazz ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
McCoy ⓘ
influenced Brad Mehldau ⓘ
Chick Corea ⓘ
Geri Allen ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
influencedBy Art Tatum ⓘ
Bud Powell ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
memberOf John Coltrane Quartet ⓘ
notableWork Enlightenment ⓘ
Sahara ⓘ
The Real McCoy ⓘ
Trident ⓘ
member of the John Coltrane Quartet ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New Jersey, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
Milestone Records ⓘ
Telarc ⓘ
surface form: Telarc Records
religion Islam ⓘ
style modal improvisation ⓘ
powerful left-hand voicings ⓘ
quartal harmony ⓘ

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Erroll Garner → influenced → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
My Favorite Things → notablePerformer → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
In a Sentimental Mood → notableRecordingBy → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Thelonious Monk → influenced → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Bud Powell → influenced → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
John Coltrane → associatedAct → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Ron Carter → collaboratedWith → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Impulse! Records → notableArtist → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard → associatedAct → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
JuJu → hasMusicalArtist → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Night Dreamer → featuresMusician → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Louis Hayes → associatedAct → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Imagination → hasPerformer → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album → notableRecipient → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album) → featuresMusician → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
subject surface form: My Favorite Things
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise → hasNotableRecording → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Mulgrew Miller → influencedBy → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Christian McBride → notableCollaboration → McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Grant Green → associatedAct → McCoy Tyner ⓘ