McCoy Tyner

13.07.2005

Live at Casino Barrière Montreux

Featuring Terell Stafford, Gary Bartz, Ravi Coltrane, Charnett Moffett, Eric Kamau Gravatt

He does not mind saying that Bud Powell or Thelonius Monk were big influences, with Stravinski and Debussy for the classical side. Apart from that, McCoy Tyner's plunged body and soul into bop, developed new harmonic expressions  and gone into the most avant-garde experiences on piano you could ever think of, a game he revamped with Bill Evans. Once called a " Coltrane pianist", McCoy Tyner has not just stopped there, but gone his own sweet way with all sorts of geometric encounters. In his sextet, besides the young gifted Charnette Moffett on bass, you'll pick up Ravi Coltrane on sax. Yes, the son of a certain musician... (FFJM © 2005)