ghost of miles Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 David Tegnell posted to the Coltrane list that Downbeat reports McCoy Tyner has nearly completed writing his autobiography with a co-author and is currently looking for a publisher. Quote
bertrand Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 How much does he remember? I asked him about the rejected October 1970 Wayne Shorter Blue Note date just a couple of weeks ago, and he has no memory of it He said something about 30+ years being a long time. Bertrand. Quote
pryan Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 How much does he remember? I asked him about the rejected October 1970 Wayne Shorter Blue Note date just a couple of weeks ago, and he has no memory of it He said something about 30+ years being a long time. Bertrand. So what? Was probably just one of countless sessions McCoy has done. Just because he doesn't remember that particular one, means nothing IMO. It means a lot to you, Bertrand, because you're a Wayne Shorter fanatic, but to McCoy it was just another date and most likely one he wanted to forget. I'd give his book a read, definitely. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 FWIW, Herbie Hancock had no memory of this session either (when I asked him about it last year)... T Y R O N E W A S H I N G T O N © 1968 Blue Note [unissued] MUSICIANS --------- Tyrone Washington: Tenor Saxophone Herbie Hancock: Piano Herbie Lewis: Bass Jack DeJohnette: Drums TITLES ------ 1. Untitled (medium tempo) 2. Untitled (3/4) 3. Rene 4. T 5. Untitled (9/4) Recorded August 16, 1968, Englewood Cliffs Quote
bertrand Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) I was being facetious about McCoy not remembering the Wayne session. I didn't expect him to, but I did want to ask since I had a unique opportunity to be face to face with him. Rooster, apparently Herbie does not even remember his compositions form back then. Bertrand. Edited November 18, 2004 by bertrand Quote
pryan Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I was being facetious about McCoy not remembering the Wayne session. I didn't expect him to, but I did want to ask since I had a uinque opportunity to be face to face with him. Rooster, apparently Herbie does not even remember his compositions form back then. Bertrand. Fair enough. I should have noticed the but I was tired last night. That's funny that Herbie forgets about tunes, even. Kinda strange, but not really considering it was 35 years ago. Herbie's moved way beyond what he was doing at that time. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I might replace "beyond" with "away from". Mike Quote
Enterprise Server Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 David Tegnell posted to the Coltrane list that Downbeat reports McCoy Tyner has nearly completed writing his autobiography with a co-author and is currently looking for a publisher. This should prove to be interesting. I would definitely spring for a McCoy autobiography. I'm sure he will have some interesting stories to tell especially about his formative years with John Coltrane. I had the pleasure of meeting McCoy in a now very defunct club in Cleveland called the Smiling Dog Salon around late 1974 or 75 (I can't recall either -30 years??). He had Azar Lawrence in the group at the time. He played all the tunes from the live Montreux double album "Enlightenment". He was a very humble and easy going kinda guy. I've always liked McCoy’s playing. But I have never been excited about the people he records with. I love to hear him play in a trio or solo format. The percussionists and extra instrumentalists are nothing short of distractions for me and tend to drag the music down. Quote
GregK Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 i'd be interested in reading what he has to say about Ascension, Meditations, Sun Ship, etc Quote
erwbol Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Was McCoy's autobiography ever published? Quote
GA Russell Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Was McCoy's autobiography ever published? Yes! http://smile.amazon.com/MCCOY-TYNER-Giants-McCoy-Tyner/dp/0793507472/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419086199&sr=1-1&keywords=mccoy+tyner Quote
erwbol Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Was McCoy's autobiography ever published? Yes! http://smile.amazon.com/MCCOY-TYNER-Giants-McCoy-Tyner/dp/0793507472/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419086199&sr=1-1&keywords=mccoy+tyner That book was published in 1992 according to Amazon. I figured that could not be the book Ghost of Miles meant. Edit: Going by the two amazon reviews it seems to be a book of sheet music. Edited December 20, 2014 by erwbol Quote
jeffcrom Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Was McCoy's autobiography ever published? Yes! http://smile.amazon.com/MCCOY-TYNER-Giants-McCoy-Tyner/dp/0793507472/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419086199&sr=1-1&keywords=mccoy+tyner That's not the autobiography - that's a collection of transcribed scores. Quote
GA Russell Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Darn! I can see that you're right. Oh, well. Quote
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