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Written by Jonathan Casey   
Tuesday, 06 April 2004
The real reason we were there, however, was to see the McCoy Tyner trio with Bobby Hutcherson. McCoy Tyner has been to the Twin Cities many times over the past few years but I'd never managed to go see him. What a fool I was! Tyner, best known for his work in Coltrane's famous '60s quartet, really lived up to the title "living legend." His sound ranged from lightning-fast Tatum-like runs to big, complex chords in the tradition of Rachmaninoff. It was just stunning. Hutcherson, meanwhile, is my all-time favorite jazz musician. I'd never had an opporunity to see him before, so I was both excited and nervous, because you never know how these old guys are going to sound. Fortunately, he was amazing. I've never seen a jazz combo improvise so fully and successfully before, and certainly not a group who looked like they were having so much fun while they were doing it.

I was lucky enough to hear them play "African Village," from Tyner's 1968 Blue Note LP "Time For Tyner," which featured Hutcherson. "African Village" is one of those great, stretched out, driving modal numbers that grabs hold of you and doesn't let go. Live it was even better, in part because the bass solo was significantly improved upon. It was simple but more effective than the off-key bowed bass solo by Herbie Lewis on the original recording. They also played a great tune called "Festival in Bahia" which I'd never heard before (available on Tyner's 1999 Telarc release "McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars"). I would've loved to have stayed for another set, but they were sold out and our bill was already skyrocketing. Fortunately we got a concession prize in the form of two umbrellas left by the father/daughter pair sitting next to us. Protection from the rain! We really needed it, and crept off into the night like the thieves we were.



 
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