RIP McCoy Tyner
One of my favorite ever jazz musicians, and favorite ever musicians period. His playing with John Coltrane is obviously mind-boggling, but even if he and Coltrane had never met he would still have been a giant. My favorite McCoy moment is a four-bar phrase from the middle of his long solo on Coltrane's "Lonnie's Lament." Listen at 3:35.
https://youtu.be/japCux4wals?t=215
That might be the single hardest, funkiest thing in jazz history. I did my best to transcribe it, though I'm not a hundred percent confident about the left-hand voicings.
McCoy influenced my guitar playing in a major way - his iconic fourths chords translate better to guitar than most piano voicings. I have done my best jazz playing by planing fourths chords up and down chromatically or by bigger jumps. I certainly can't play single lines as fast as McCoy could, but I have strived to imitate his swing and power.
Here are some more McCoy Tyner high points, chosen from among many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m1AziEQM1w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMC2bvHk0Bo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-UDGjgyRPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3WwoBOR_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6pSffe4k60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2tpX6Z-QA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMz39CBiziA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUexJthN08o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3f6L0KM4hQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btB_12_QpoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4I2T8vZwmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzcryjgVAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VczRfu9Kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lWx44RjdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5kUjEcuqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSeLrMwkNRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9J7HstMiXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EceBzWQhvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS6lu2kMzwg