McCoy Tyner

Despite their shared reputation for maximalist styles of playing, the combination of Coltrane’s saxophone and Tyner’s piano remains one of the most legendary fits in jazz history. As a sideman and in his own compositions, Tyner combined a complex, near-percussive style of playing with a knack for the subtlety and tenderness of modal jazz that made him both a revered name on the scene, and a composer with crossover appeal.