This video is a part of the promoting podcasts
of the "Keepnews Collection" series.
The "Keepnews Collection" is a reissue
series of producer Orrin Keepnews'
greatest recordings.
Orrin Keepnews also speaks about his
memories with pianist McCoy Tyner & more.
Showing posts with label McCoy Tyner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCoy Tyner. Show all posts
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Quotes» "McCoy Tyner"
"It's important to utilize the talents that we have, keep moving forward and be happy ─ that's the icing on the cake."
─McCoy Tyner
Source & McCoy Tyner's official website: ~mccoytyner.com
Monday, February 6, 2012
Articles: Awards & Honors of McCoy Tyner (~mccoytyner.com)
- 2008: Presidential Merit Award from the Grammy Foundation
- 2005: Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown conferred honorary doctor of music degrees upon pianists McCoy Tyner and Hank Jones.
- 2004: Steinway and Sons conferred a special gold medallion to McCoy Tyner honoring his fiftieth year as a professional musician and his long association with Steinway as a Steinway Artist since 1977.
- 2004: McCoy Tyner's album "Illuminations" receives a GRAMMY award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Quotes: "McCoy Tyner"
"My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano.' I'm glad I chose piano."
McCoy Tyner
Monday, January 23, 2012
Interview: McCoy Tyner / Leon Kerkstra (~Jazz·Resource·Center)
Interview with McCoy Tyner, November 2005, by Leon Kerkstra
In november 2005, McCoy Tyner performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Holland. We had a chance to talk with McCoy Tyner about his life and music before the performance, a true pleasure off course. At the start of the interview we first of all confronted McCoy with some information and screen-shots of the Jazz Resource Center to show him what our website is about. McCoy replied when he saw our "Scales" page...
McCOY TYNER: You know, I don't have a title for my scales, I just play [laughs].
JRC: We also have our page about piano voicings...
McCOY TYNER: I never analyze what I do for a reason, because I don't want to think of it as something technically. But maybe for students it's interesting. I'm not saying no one should sit down and analyze what I do, but I don't want to do it to myself. If I would start doing that, I'm finished.
But it's good you have this information for people, if they have questions, they have some response and good information on your site.
JRC: If we have a look at your latest albums, we have "Illuminations" and "Land of Giants". On "Land of Giants" there is an original composition called "Manalyuca"...
McCOY TYNER: yeah... those kind of songs... they have this modal kind of feeling, I like that. Well, I don't like to use the word "modal" but when people hear it they say: "It sound's modal". But I understand what they mean, because it's a vamp and you're free to do whatever you want to with the sound. But it's nice, because when I grew up they were playing a lot of changes. You know when I were a teenager... you had these bebop songs. At that time most of them were like that, you had Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk...they had a lot of changes. But then later on, as time went on, you had Miles Davis and John [Coltrane] who changed the concept of how you can play this music. Which is a very old concept when I think about it. You have the opportunity to play what you want; you can play changes or keep it simple.
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