![]() Yet Tyner could tear into an old Kurt Weill or Isham Jones standard with imposing old-school authority as well. The lightning lines in the right hand, the percussive rhythms and distinctively voiced chords in the left: After Bud Powell and Bill Evans, this was the most innovative piano playing of the day, paving the way for Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. ![]() The way Tyner’s fingers fell on the keys was one of those metaphysical wonders. With Coltrane bandmate Elvin Jones on drums and the solid, versatile Art Davis on bass, Tyner endowed every performance on Inception with a clarity and force that marked him from the start as more than a Coltrane apprentice, but a major figure in jazz himself. Inception is an apt title for this 1962 debut release by McCoy Tyner, then a young pianist making waves as a member of the groundbreaking John Coltrane Quartet.
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