McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner (Dec. 11, 1938 — March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist with a musical career that spanned more than six decades. After a series of apprenticeships with Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, and Freddie Hubbard, he made his band-leading debut with Inception in 1962. Up through 1970, he maintained a biannual release schedule on the Impulse and Blue Note labels. His 1972 release Sahara began a decade-long run of aggressive post-pop recordings for Milestone Records.

Discography:

• Inception (1962, Impulse!)
• Reaching Fourth (1962, Impulse!)
• Nights of Ballads & Blues (1963, Impulse!)
• Today and Tomorrow (1963, Impulse!)
• Live at Newport (1964, Impulse!)
• McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington (1964, Impulse!)
• The Real McCoy (1967, Blue Note)
• Tender Moments (1967, Blue Note)
• Time for Tyner (1968, Blue Note)
• Expansions (1968, Blue Note)
• Cosmos (1968–1970, Blue Note)
• Extensions (1970, Blue Note)
• Asante (1970, Blue Note)
• Sahara (1972, Milestone)
• Song for My Lady (1972, Milestone)
• Echoes of a Friend (1972, JVC/Milestone)
• Song of the New World (1973, Milestone)
• Enlightenment (1973, Milestone)
• Sama Layuca (1974, Milestone)
• Atlantis (1974, Milestone)
• Trident (1975, Milestone)
• Fly with the Wind (1976, Milestone)
• Focal Point (1976, Milestone)
• Supertrios (1977, Milestone)
• Inner Voices (1977, Milestone)
• The Greeting (1978, Milestone)
• Passion Dance (1978, Milestone)
• Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo (1978, Milestone)
• Together (1978, Milestone)
• Horizon (1979, Milestone)
• Quartets 4 X 4 (1980, Milestone)
• 13th House (1981, Milestone)
• La Leyenda de La Hora (1981, Columbia)
• Looking Out (1982, Columbia)
• Love & Peace (1982, Trio)
• Dimensions (1984, Elektra)
• It’s About Time (1985, Blue Note)
• Just Feelin’ (1985, Palo Alto)
• Double Trios (1986, Denon)
• Major Changes (1985, Blue Note)
• Bon Voyage (1987, Timeless)
• Blues for Coltrane (1987, Impulse!)
• Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe (1987, Who’s Who in Jazz)
• Revelations (1988, Blue Note)
• Uptown/Downtown (1988, Milestone)
• Live at Sweet Basil (1989, King)
• Things Aint What They Used to Be (1989, Blue Note)