7/3/20 marlbank playlist

Today's mix… top-of-the-tree new tunes coming up specially selected for you dear marlbank readers: featuring Wolfgang Muthspiel in all his trio elegance; the disciplined Jarrettonian sound of Joe Webb; Kansas Smitty's go Township; ravey davey …

Published: 7 Mar 2020. Updated: 4 years.

Today's mix… top-of-the-tree new tunes coming up specially selected for you dear marlbank readers: featuring Wolfgang Muthspiel in all his trio elegance; the disciplined Jarrettonian sound of Joe Webb; Kansas Smitty's go Township; ravey davey grooving from Emma-Jean Thackray; and a straightatead sense of unhurry from Cory Weeds.

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McCoy Tyner has died

Very sad to hear news of the death of McCoy Tyner who has died aged 81. His sound lives on in all its splendour and majesty however which is some comfort. There was so much power in his playing. Of course journey back to Coltrane and hear the …

Published: 7 Mar 2020. Updated: 4 years.

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Very sad to hear news of the death of McCoy Tyner who has died aged 81. His sound lives on in all its splendour and majesty however which is some comfort. There was so much power in his playing. Of course journey back to Coltrane and hear the classic quartet of which he was the last surviving member and his sound is completely embedded in jazz universally. It lives inside the hearts and minds of millions of jazz lovers the world over and will do ever on.

I saw him live a few times over the years leading his own band, the first time and best of all in a Warsaw theatre in the 1990s, in Gateshead at the Sage in 2005 and most recently at the Barbican in London. As a composer 'Passion Dance' was one of his biggest achievements and as a player his individual influence is immense ''going fourth'' practically patenting his own take on quartal harmony. There was always a spiritual, somehow ancient core to some of his progressions and an ecstasy in the aftermath of what he had just created. Step out into any jazz club anywhere and before too long you will hear someone play like McCoy and dream that sound into the room. And yet there was no one like him. SG

Read his obituary: in The New York Times.