and so earns the nod as being slightly above the pack Elvin Jones / McCoy Tyner Quintet: Love and Peace (1978) This record with Pharaoh Sanders is an excellent example of powerful, spiritual ...

McCoy Tyner ... was taking the quintet at the time. “I didn’t see myself making any contribution to that music,” Tyner told Porter. “All I could hear was a lot of noise.

McCoy Tyner, the legendary jazz pianist who played with John Coltrane and went on to a long solo career, has died at 81. His Facebook page announced his death. A Philadelphia native, Tyner began ...

McCOY TYNER: The quintet plays at 8 and 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero W., Oakland. Tickets $26-$30, special children's rates for Sunday matinee.

By Ben Ratliff McCoy ... s quintet, was back in town, between tenures with the Davis band. The two musicians struck up a friendship. Coltrane was living at his mother’s house, and Mr. Tyner ...

Join us as we close out the 2008 Greek Theatre season on Sunday, November 16 with An Evening with The Ellis Marsalis Quintet featuring Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, The McCoy Tyner Trio and Brad ...

The two men fronted the famous 1950s quintet. Miles' playing was based ... Yes,'' was the reply. McCoy Tyner. Coltrane was good to his word. He pioneered an express playing style that ...

In the late summer of 1961, a John Coltrane-led quintet featuring fellow saxophonist Eric Dolphy — as well as drummer Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and bassist Reggie Workman — held a ...