BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T084644CEST-5681dl9E8a@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130524T060544Z DESCRIPTION:Tyner's blues-based piano style\, replete with sophisticated ch ords and an explosively percussive left hand has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. His harmonic contributions and dramatic rhythmic devices form the vocabula ry of a majority of jazz pianists. \n \;\nBorn in 1938 in Philadelphia \, he became a part of the fertile jazz and R&\;B scene of the early '5 0s. His parents imbued him with a love for music from an early age. His mo ther encouraged him to explore his musical interests through formal traini ng. \n \;\nAt 17 he began a career-changing relationship with Miles Da vis' sideman saxophonist John Coltrane. Tyner joined Coltrane for the clas sic album My Favorite Things (1960)\, and remained at the core of what bec ame one of the most seminal groups in jazz history\, The John Coltrane Qua rtet. The band\, which also included drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Jimmy Garrison\, had an extraordinary chemistry\, fostered in part by Tyner's a lmost familial relationship with Coltrane. \n \;\nFrom 1960 through 19 65\, Tyner's name was propelled to international renown\, as he developed a new vocabulary that transcended the piano styles of the time\, providing a unique harmonic underpinning and rhythmic charge essential to the group 's sound. He performed on Coltrane's classic recordings such as Live at th e Village Vanguard\, Impressions and Coltrane's signature suite\, A Love S upreme. \n \;\nIn 1965\, after over five years with Coltrane's quartet \, Tyner left the group to explore his destiny as a composer and bandleade r. Among his major projects is a 1967 album entitled The Real McCoy\, on w hich he was joined by saxophonist Joe Henderson\, bassist Ron Carter and f ellow Coltrane alumnus Elvin Jones. His 1972 Grammy-award nomination album Sahara\, broke new ground by the sounds and rhythms of Africa. Since 1980 \, he has also arranged his lavishly textured harmonies for a big band tha t performs and records when possible. In the late 1980s\, he mainly focuse d on his piano trio featuring Avery Sharpe on bass and Aarron Scott on dru ms. Today\, this trio is still in great demand. He returned to Impulse in 1995\, with a superb album featuring Michael Brecker. In 1996 he recorded a special album with the music of Burt Bacharach. In 1998 he changed label s again and recorded an interesting latin album and an album featuring Sta nley Clarke for TelArc. \n \;\nIn the summer of 2005\, Tyner joined fo rces with the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York and became the first client of Blue Note Management. That summer\, Tyner began work on some unique pro jects\, including performances with tap-dancer Savion Glover and the devel opment of the Impulse! Septet\, featuring his trio with some of today's to p hornmen. \n \;\nTyner's partnership with the Blue Note has led to th e formation of his own record label\, aptly titled McCoy Tyner Music. The label is a subsidiary of the Blue Note's In-House record label\, Half Note Records. The label launched on September 11\, 2007\, upon the release of Tyner's latest CD\, "\;Quartet"\; featuring Joe Lovano\, Christian McBride\, and Jeff "\;Tain"\; Watts. Recorded live on New Year's Eve 2006\, the album features a working band at its finest with some of to day's "\;legends in training."\; Additionally\, the record shows t hat Tyner\, who now carries the torch as the only surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet\, is still at the top of his game as a composer\, pe rformer\, and bandleader. \n \;\nIn review of Tyner's latest album &qu ot\;Quartet\,"\; Thomas Conrad of JazzTimes wrote "\;'Quartet' suc ceeds not only because everyone plays so well\, but also because they play so well together. The pairing of Tyner and Lovano is synergistic. The McB ride/Watts rhythm section\, for intelligent propulsion\, is state-of-the-a rt. 'Quartet' succeeds once more because of its excellent sonic quality. I t was recorded by engineer Phil Edwards at Yoshi's in Oakland\, Calif.\, o ver New Year's Eve weekend 2006. Almost always\, even the best-sounding ja zz albums require you to make a choice. You can have the visceral in-the-m oment reality of a live recording\, or the full bandwidth resolution of a studio session. This one has both."\; \n \;\nMcCoy Tyner's second release for the McCoy Tyner Music label is scheduled for a summer 2008 rel ease. The recording features the stellar rhythm section of Tyner\, Ron Car ter\, and Jack DeJohnette with four modern guitarists (and one banjo) of o ur time: Bill Frisell\, Marc Ribot\, John Scofield\, Derek Trucks\, and Be la Fleck. The package will be a CD/DVD featuring state-of-the-art technolo gy that allows the viewer to manually choose which musician(s) they would like to view in the studio at any time during each track. In 2009\, Tyner will release his third recording for McCoy Tyner Music\, a solo piano perf ormance recorded live in San Francisco during the summer of 2007. \n \ ;\nTyner has always expanded his vision of the musical landscape and incor porated new elements\, whether from distant continents or diverse musical influences. More recently he has arranged for big bands\, employed string arrangements\, and even reinterpreted popular music. Today\, Tyner has rel eased nearly 80 albums under his name\, earned four Grammys and was awarde d Jazz Master from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002. He continu es to leave his mark on generations of improvisers\, and yet remains a dis armingly modest and spiritually directed man. DTSTART:20091229T000000 DTEND:20100103T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:McCoy Tyner New Year's Celebration with Ravi Coltrane\, Esperanza S palding\, and Francisco Mela END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR