McCoy Tyner
Piano Solo on
Equinox

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McCoy Tyner's piano solo is the closing of 2 solos on this recording, following John Coltrane's tenor sax. Spanning seven choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 118 BPM with a swing feel in D♭, the solo runs approximately 2:51. McCoy Tyner follows with seven choruses of his own, his percussive comping style and quartal harmonies proving ideally suited to the tune's modal ambiguity. McCoy Tyner was 21 to 22 years old at the time of this 1960 recording.

McCoy Tyner was 21 to 22 years old at the time.