John Coltrane

In Memoriam: McCoy Tyner (1938-2020)

Today we remember the great jazz pianist and John Cotrane-sideman, McCoy Tyner who sadly passed away over the weekend.

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“Harvest Time” is a deceptively laid-back yet ever-changing jazz odyssey from formidable tenor-man Pharoah Sanders.

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The team here at DJ D-Mac highlights some of our favorite records of 2018 from across the wide and wonderful world of music.

“Song for Mozambique” by Archie Shepp is a gorgeous jazz poem that fuses the avant-garde with the rhythms of African music.

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The John Coltrane Quartet transform a Mongo Santamaria-penned Latin number into a full-on jazz tour-de-force on this 1963 live date.

“So What” was the first song on the first side of Miles Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue, his first foray into modal jazz.