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icg665

McCoy Tyner

Jun 23, 2006 23:58

We went to McCoy Tyner tonight and I must say I was disappointed. Not in the music, but the man. The trio was excellent and Tyner was everything he had been built up to be. Everyone in the theatre was completely into it. But after being on stage for an hour, he stood up from the piano and said something to the effect of, "I am sorry, but this is ( Read more... )

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another side to this problem ihatejazz June 27 2006, 17:18:33 UTC

I don't know about the piano he was playing on. But here's a bit of a defense ( ... )

Re: another side to this problem ihatejazz June 27 2006, 22:34:53 UTC

Further, after talking about this with some other musicians, the more I realize that McCoy was probably in the right on this. I mean, if the piano was that bad the fact that he went on and played an hour (which, by the way, is what you can expect to pay to hear him play for an hour in most venues in major centers) is actually pretty good.

Was the festival expecting him to play 2 sets? Was that what he was contracted for? Did Dave Holland play 2 sets? Just curious.

I bet Dave Holland was freaking awesome. That's probably the premier regularly touring contemporary small jazz group in the world.

Not to sound rude... icg665 June 28 2006, 00:10:43 UTC

I'll respond via numbers as I like lists ( ... )

Re: Not to sound rude... ihatejazz June 28 2006, 16:53:28 UTC

It's not rude. I understand where you're coming from. However, I'm afraid the things you want McCoy to fix where not his problem and beyond his control ( ... )

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