McCoy Tyner

“Dreams do come true.” That’s how Greg sums up this episode, as he and Nate talk with master drummer Jack DeJohnette about an incredible recording made in the spring of 1966. Featuring a ferocious quartet co-led by pianist McCoy Tyner and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, it captures each of those giants at a turning point in his career. Blue Note Records will release this album, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’, on Nov. 22.

McCoy Tyner's "Peresina" is the opening track on a new trio album by drummer Tyshawn Sorey, featuring pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Harish Raghavan. Before its release on Pi Recordings, hear it exclusively at WRTI.

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An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.

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