The Distinctive Jazz Piano Styles Of McCoy Tyner

By Duane Shinn

 Alfred McCoy Tyrner, better known by the last two words of his full name – McCoy Tyner, was both on the 11th of December, 1938. His mother pushed him towards his love for the piano, by sending him for piano classes when he was 13 years old. The piano classes got him hooked to the instrument in a couple of years by the time he turned 15. His early inspiration came from the playing of Bud Powell with whom he was neighbors. His playing was distinguished from the other sounds that people have drawn out of the piano.

He had a very distinctive way of playing the bass notes with his left hand, which he positioned higher jazz than the normal posture of piano playing allowed him to so that he could lay heavy emphasis on the notes that he played with that hand. jazz