Alfred McCoy Tyner was the last surviving member of the legendary John Coltrane Quartet, which also included double bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Joe Jones. Tyner also recorded with Donald Byrd, Art Blakey, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Stitt, Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Stanley Turrentine and others. As a solo artist and as a bandleader, Tyner released 67 studio albums and seven live albums. Among his best-known songs are
Atlantis, The Greeting, Fly With The Wind, Monk's Blues, Passion Dance and
You Taught My Heart To Sing.
An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.
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