McCoy Tyner
Piano Solo on
A Love Supreme, Part 2: Resolution

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McCoy Tyner takes twelve commanding choruses of piano on "Resolution" at approximately 178 BPM, one of his finest recorded statements and the central improvisation of this movement from A Love Supreme. His quartal voicings and percussive attack create waves of harmonic color over the 8-bar form in E-flat minor, his solo building with the architectural logic and cumulative intensity that defined his mature style. Positioned between Coltrane's two-chorus opening and his expansive fourteen-chorus return, Tyner's twelve choruses form the movement's harmonic core, his playing both anchoring the performance's structure and driving it forward with relentless creative energy. The solo demonstrates why Tyner became one of the most influential pianists in jazz history.

McCoy Tyner was 25 to 26 years old at the time.