McCoy Tyner - Giant Steps

A solo piano performance of John Coltrane's Giant Steps, by McCoy Tyner, 1996, Hamburg.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• piano
• solo
• giant
• steps
• coltrane
• mccoy
• tyner

[Hexenschuss007]

@homePicShow1 dont think you can rank them

[jnmdjc957]

I just watched three minutes and thirty six seconds of "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?"

[joebaermagnant]

@culturesmatter Both Mccoy and Jarrett would bitch slap you for a comment like that. You can't appreciate music if you aren't simply listening. Two different players, two different human beings, jazz is human, quit ranking and start listening.

[jarbasg1]

WOW!!!!That's a dream version.He approaches Giant Steps like if it was a 12 bar blues.

[oohn777]

WOW!!!!  AMAZING!!!!

[jarbasg1]

For him it's like a 12 bar blues.

[eldwinwong]

Am I crazy...or did I just hear the lick at 2:27

[acoproductions]

if art tatum had a chance to play this!

[culturesmatter]

@homePicShow1

No. McCoy's great, of course, but the accolade you mention must go to Keith Jarrett. Keith's chops are more consistently ferocious and he utilizes more of the keyboard than anyone since Art Tatum. Also, Keith covers more stylistic ground than anyone (ever).

[pcsuper1]

not his best, pretty boring recording but one of the better of his "McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane" album... Though he has way better albums!

[MrHoolits]

@Hexenschuss007, I agree. As great as McCoy is he of a few select player composers a step above everyone else. I put Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock and a few others in the category.

I've seen McCoy a couple of times at Yoshis in Oakland and Chick several times in different groups and duets with Gary Burton around the Bay Area and anyone getting a chance if they live in a big city or close to one, watch them as there are only a few that are that great.