LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Mccoy Tyner A Virtuoso???

jazzvirtuoso -- 10/17/2006, 18:09:09 -- #30529

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PukuQPUKfyU&mode=related&search=

thejaffer -- 10/20/2006, 15:24:45 -- #30529

Despite his fabulous work with john coltrane and on some other stuff in the 60's (eg. Wayne Shorter's "The Soothsayer" - one of my favourite records of all time), I think his solo piano work is vastly overrated. I did have his solo in Warsaw (?) DVD but i threw it out. (i tried to give it away but no one would have it, it was terrible)

jazzvirtuoso -- 10/20/2006, 18:06:38 -- #30529

WOW! What was so bad about it? JV'

thejaffer -- 10/21/2006, 17:44:23 -- #30529

it was like the clip above but even worse.. there's no subtlety or taste in his playing. He just bangs at the keys, and not exactly melodically

CynBad -- 10/21/2006, 17:50:34 -- #30529

I still love McCoy, even though he's not a virtuoso. I've heard much better than that clip. Have you ever heard the older, solo recording of "You Taught My Heart to Sing"? That is gorgeous. He is a big crashing player, and that's what he does.  He bangs in some places, but not in others. I think he's great with his trio, though.

Jazz+ -- 10/21/2006, 23:48:24 -- #30529

definition: "one who excels in the technique of an art; especially : a highly skilled musical performer (as on piano)" McCoy's busy bombastic style makes him not a virtuoso?  I am not a big fan of his solo playing either, but it's mistaken to claim McCoy is not a virtuoso. This thread is pointless, in my opinion.

CynBad -- 10/22/2006, 13:42:42 -- #30529

IMO, he does not have good enough technique (kind of sloppy) and is not accurate enough to be termed a "virtuoso", but that's fine with me. He's a great artist.  Being a great artist does not require being a virtuoso.

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