EDITORS’ NOTES While he'll forever be associated with the Coltrane quartet of My Favorite Things, McCoy Tyner recorded several influential albums on his own. His music collected global flavors from Brazil ("Blue Bossa") and Cuba ("Effendi") alongside powerful big-band masterpieces like "Native Song." But Tyner's powerful soloing will amaze you wherever he touches down. EDITORS’ NOTES McCoy Tyner is one of an illustrious handful of pianists who profoundly altered the course of jazz. He expanded on the post-bop innovations of people like Bill Evans and helped create a new harmonic language linking bop with more avant-garde ideas. Tyner may be most widely known for contributing to John Coltrane's game-changing discography, but the rest of his output overflows with thrilling explorations as well, both as a sideman and a solo artist. John Coltrane's classic quartet of the mid-'60s leaned heavily on McCoy Tyner's rich harmonic imagin...