By Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager McCoy Tyner, one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, died Friday at his home in northern New Jersey.
He was 81 and his death was confirmed by a nephew. No cause was given. Tyner was a part of John Coltrane’s seminal 1960s quartet, and his distinctive, clean and percussive sound on acoustic piano was an influence on everyone who followed him.
Even Coltrane acknowledged his force when he said, “He’s sort of the one who gives me wings and lets me take off from the ground from time to time.” Born in Philadelphia in 1938 as Alfred McCoy Tyner, he began taking piano lessons at 13.
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