Jazz Icon McCoy Tyner To open The Duke Jazz Talks At The NY Public Library For The Performing Arts

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Performance and discussion with jazz icon McCoy Tyner to open the The Duke Jazz Talks series. The legendary pianist will discuss his career with music scholar Bob Santelli.

Who: McCoy Tyner, Jazz Musician, McCoy Tyner's blues-based piano style, replete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. Tyner achieved fame playing alongside John Coltrane in the famed John Coltrane Quartet. After leaving the band, he went on to have major success as a solo artist. He has released over 80 albums, won four GRAMMYs, and was named a Jazz Master from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002.

Bob Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum

When: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

Where: The New York Library for the Performing Arts Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Avenue (South of 65th Street)

RSVP: Jonathan Pace 212.592.7700 or [email protected]

This four part series presented by The Library in partnership with The GRAMMY Museum and The Recording Academy New York Chapter will include one-on-one conversations with jazz artists about their historic careers and will also include short performances. Music curator and scholar Bob Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum, will conduct the interviews with the artists.
The Library's Duke Jazz Talk Series continues with appearances by Charlie Haden and Alan Broadbent (at The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles on January 21,2009), Bucky and John Pizzarelli (February 11, 2009), and Dave Brubeck (April 15, 2009).

This series is part of a two-year project funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to present, document, and preserve jazz, contemporary dance, and theater performances including a series of jazz oral histories, Duke Jazz Histories, produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center.