chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 mccoy on electric piano and some funk-ified song from i dont know what, with the slapping marcus miller bass (who i actually dont think ive ever listened to before, but i know who he is)...is this mccoys one (1) attempt at doing anything, "commerical"? i might of bought this, but i have no idea what is going on right now Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 I don't think you listened long enough - its called "Double Trios" for a reason: He plays with Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes as well as Marcus Miller and Tain. Accoustic backing and electric. My second year in grad school, which was less than a year into my fascination with jazz, I had a roommate who told me was a jazz fan but it turned out to be mostly Flim and the BBs, and this album. I didn't care for the slapping bass either but there are definitely some good tracks, and nothing to peg this as an attempt at going "commercial". Unless "Satin Doll" "Lil Darlin'" and "Rhythm-a-ning" was going to get him radio play. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Posted January 2, 2011 youre right but still the funkified mccoy, im not so sure about that, lol- its crazy hearin him on an electric piano, even for 1/10 of the cd Quote
kh1958 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) The acoustic tracks on this CD are good. Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes were his working group at the time, and a fine group it was. At the time, McCoy was coming to town a couple of times a year--he'd play at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth and the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas--I really like this trio. He never played electric piano live when I saw him. Avery Sharpe did play both acoustic and electric bass. As I recall, McCoy had an album or two on Columbia in the 1980s that were somewhat commercial in intent; Doubletrios came out after he had been dropped by Columbia. Edited January 2, 2011 by kh1958 Quote
JSngry Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 its crazy hearin him on an electric piano Imagine hearing him on electric piano with Ike & Tina Turner. It happened. Quote
TedR Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 I saw McCoy's group around this time at Wolf Trap. He was the opening act for Grover Washington Jr. During Grover's set Grover tried to coax Tyner out to play with him. He didn't. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) its crazy hearin him on an electric piano Imagine hearing him on electric piano with Ike & Tina Turner. It happened. r u sure, i found this: http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=1937 JazzReview: While doing some research for this interview, I had read that you worked as a sideman for Ike and Tina Turner. McCoy Tyner: No, never did. JazzReview: Really? McCoy Tyner: Yes. Azar Lawrence (saxophonist in Mr. Tyner’s first popular quartet) played with Ike and Tina Turner, and I think he gave an interview once that got turned around into me playing with them. Believe me, if I played with Ike and Tina I would’ve remembered that [laughs]. JazzReview: Well, I’m glad we could clear that up! Edited January 3, 2011 by chewy Quote
mr jazz Posted January 3, 2011 Report Posted January 3, 2011 The acoustic tracks on this CD are good. Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes were his working group at the time, and a fine group it was. At the time, McCoy was coming to town a couple of times a year--he'd play at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth and the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas--I really like this trio. He never played electric piano live when I saw him. Avery Sharpe did play both acoustic and electric bass. As I recall, McCoy had an album or two on Columbia in the 1980s that were somewhat commercial in intent; Doubletrios came out after he had been dropped by Columbia. It was an early digital release on Denon, IIRC, and one of the first DDDs I purchased. I saw this group at Blues Alley in DC playing a number of tracks from this cd and remember really enjoying the set. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Posted January 4, 2011 im only gonna do this one time for jsngry... Quote
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