Saxophonist Nat Birchall is a John Coltrane admirer but he gets Coltrane's spiritual message at a deeper level than most – as this album attests, writes John Fordham
October 2008
Jazz review: McCoy Tyner: Guitars
Sporadic moments of fascination
May 2008
McCoy Tyner/Various
Jazz preview
March 2007
Music blog
Jazz really is an international language now
Recent concerts by McCoy Tyner and Joe Lovano showed that the days when American jazzers looked down their mouthpieces at British musicians are long gone.
February 2007
McCoy Tyner
Jazz preview
November 2005
McCoy Tyner
Royal Northern College of Music
March 2005
McCoy Tyner/ John Surman
Sage, Gateshead
December 2004
McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments
(Blue Note)
August 2004
McCoy Tyner, Illuminations
Jazz CD of the week: McCoy Tyner, Illuminations
July 2004
McCoy Tyner, Illuminations
(Telarc)
March 2003
McCoy Tyner
Jazz Cafe, London
October 2002
McCoy Tyner: The Definitive McCoy Tyner
(Blue Note/Verve)
February 2001
Too many stars at the Barbican
McCoy Tyner Barbican London Rating: ***
August 2000
Exhausting soulmates
McCoy Tyner Jazz Cafe, London ****
August 1999
Right hand man
Legend is always a strong draw. Acolytes and aficionados packed this venue, curious to see John Coltrane's right hand man from the 60s, McCoy Tyner.