I'm really digging McCoy Tyner. This video right here is of a solo piano performance, and because there's no band to back him up, it's almost like he is now able to condense all of his awesomeness into this 3-minute song and no one's face will get melted by proximity. He's sweating, although that's easily explained by the same reasoning: he's melting his face with his own skill.
Everything he plays in this video is very very interesting and very very musical; the ideas flow by at an extremely fast pace. The ideas aren't the only thing flowing by; his hands are so fast it's ridiculous. When you look at the video, it's almost like it's playing in fast forward. When I first heard him play, I could tell he had great technique, but I never anticipated this. His fingers are so majestic he could probably kill a man with just one finger.
I also checked a second video just because he's so awesome (and the other one was kinda short, and I don't want to disappoint the four people that read my blog). Everything that's true about the first video is true here; McCoy has dazzling technique and amazing harmonic sensibility, but I enjoyed this one slightly more, probably because I just like this song better. One thing I really liked here was that I ended the piece with this weird dissonant run (maybe tritones? my musical ear is shit) and it seemed like a strangely perfect way to end the piece.
Anyway, that's McCoy Tyner for you. I really hope the rest of the jazz world is filled with guys like this, because they make my life so much happier. Anyway, comment, tell me what you like, what you don't, maybe your favorite food, something interesting that makes my day a happy one. See you in the next installment of 'THE JAZZ NOOB!'
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