Serenity - McCoy Tyner Head & Solo Transcription

[@percyvolnar8010]

Mccoy's compass is incredible.

[@impeter3719]

Thanks! Love this tune.

[@AlecKatz]

Thanks for listening

[@vova47]

Thank you so much, Alec! Not enough comping by great pianists is being transcribed and studied and yet that is such an important part of playing in the bands. In fact I wish you'd transcribed McCoy's comping behind KD and JoHen's solos as well. Maybe next time?.....(:)

[@AlecKatz]

Thank you! I love comping and love to comp. Always swept hearing masterfull comping no less than a good solo. McCoy, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris, Tommyt Flanagan, Horace Parlan, Kenny Barron, Ellis Larkins, Herbie & Chick, Horace Silver, Wynton Kelly, Mulgrew Miller and so on and so on...

[@vova47]

@@AlecKatz You naming most of my favorite pianists. I KNOW I'm going to like your playing! Looking forward to hearing you play and more transcriptions of these people.

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

Spectacular! Thank you for this!

[@AlecKatz]

Thank you, Jeff!

[@Gerard_2024]

Brilliant work ! Interesting to hear McCoy´s use of Drop 2. I never associated that particular voicing with him. You have a lifetime subscriber.

[@AlecKatz]

Thank you! Yes, this is interesting, McCoy early playing was very much inspired by Bud Powell, Sonny Clark, Bill Evans (Bill was much influeced much by Sonny Clark). In fact I heard they called the young McCoy Tyner _"Little Bud"._ Listen to his early trios ( _Inception/ Nights of Ballads & Blues_ etc.) McCoy Tyner was so versatile and diverse (his early period and late period). But you should really hear him playing piano solo - all the history of jazz piani is there - from stride to modal playing. McCoy's playing is so inspiring! I was lucky to hear him three times. One time, in mid-90's, it was a jam session at Red Sea festival at 3 am. I was standing two meters next to him. It was an amazing feeling!

[@vova47]

@@AlecKatz They also used to call McCoy "Monk Bud" according to one of his interviews.

[@AlecKatz]

@@vova47 will check it out :) ✨

[@jeanebo8550]

The mix sounds like maiden voyage one

[@AlecKatz]

And this is no surprising. Both records were recorded on Blue Note Records by Rudy Van Gelder. Joe Henderson's "In 'n Out" in April 1964 and Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" in March 1965