出生自費城的麥考伊泰納被譽為30年來最具影響力的爵士鋼琴家，其別具一格的擊奏手法，時而活潑有力，時而浪漫感人，如流水捐捐。麥考伊泰納是家中的長子，母親鼓勵他學好鋼琴，13歲開始接觸鋼琴，從此音樂成為他生活的重心。17歲時在一家名叫Red Rooster的俱樂部演奏時，第一次見到John Coltrane。1959年加入小喇叭手 Art Farmer的樂團。到了1960年Coltrane離開Miles Davis后，找上McCoy Tyner而組成四重奏，他們?yōu)檎{(diào)式爵士樂做了美好的定義。1965年離開Coltrane之后，他努力了一段時間才漸漸有更多樂迷的支持。 1972年和Milestone唱片公司簽約，也錄了許多精采的專輯。像是專輯Sahara獲得葛來美獎提名，也獲得Down Beat雜誌的年度最佳專輯。1976年領(lǐng)導了一個最佳的組合，團員有Gary Bartz、Joe Ford和Ron Bridgewater。 by Scott Yanow It is to McCoy Tyners great credit that his career after John Coltrane has been far from anti-climatic. Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of the past 50 years, with his chord voicings being adopted and utilized by virtually every younger pianist. A powerful virtuoso and a true original (compare his playing in the early 60s with anyone else from the time), Tyner (like Thelonious Monk) has not altered his style all that much from his early days but he has continued to grow and become even stronger. Tyner grew up in Philadelphia, where Bud Powell and Richie Powell were neighbors. As a teenager he gigged locally and met John Coltrane. He made his recording debut with the Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet, but after six months left the group to join Coltrane in what (with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones) would become the classic quartet. Few other pianists of the period had both the power and the complementary open-minded style to inspire Coltrane, but Tyner was never overshadowed by the innovative saxophonist. During the Coltrane years (1960-1965), the pianist also led his own record dates for Impulse. After leaving Coltrane, Tyner struggled for a period, working as a sideman (with Ike and Tina Turner, amazingly) and leading his own small groups; his recordings were consistently stimulating even during the lean years. After he signed with Milestone in 1972, Tyner began to finally be recognized as one of the greats, and he has never been short of work since. Although there have been occasional departures (such as a 1978 all-star quartet tour with Sonny Rollins and duo recordings with Stephane Grappelli), Tyner has mostly played with his own groups since the 70s, which have ranged from a quartet with Azar Lawrence and a big band to his trio. In the 80s and 90s, Tyner did the rounds of labels (his old homes Blue Note and Impulse! as well as Verve, Enja, and Milestone) before settling in with Telarc in the late 90s and releasing a fine series of albums including 2000s Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century and 2004s Illuminations. In 2007, Tyner returned with the studio album McCoy Tyner Quartet featuring saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Jeff Tain Watts.