CD: McCoy Tyner: Guitars

One of jazz music's great piano pioneers, McCoy Tyner is 70 in December. His UK appearances this year suggested he is becoming irritated with the impact of the years on his legendary abilities to make a piano sound like an orchestra or a drum choir. This unusual project, which teams him with four guitarists and a banjoist, is in part designed to shift the spotlight off an audibly more fallible virtuoso. The guests sometimes sound a little overawed by the invitation, and by the monumental bass-an...

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