McCoy Tyner talks about playing with John Coltrane

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McCoy Tyner talks about the nuances in learning jazz

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McCoy Tyner discusses his career success and stature

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Q: “There’s a certain element in jazz that you’ve gotta pick up in the gutter. You’ve got to get there where it’s happening; you can’t read about it, you can’t study it. As great as some of the people they have teaching it now – you mention Kenny Barron, Kenny’s teaching; Jaki Byard – a lot of guys that are bringing their knowledge and passing it on in a more formal way, rather than pick it up in a jam session and there’s probably a validity to that but you’ve still gotta get out there and do it, don’t you?”

A: McCoy Tyner: “You see what it is, the opportunities are different now. I mean, the situation, the scene is different and there is more of an opportunity to, you know, if you should pick up the synthesizers, I mean, you can make more money.”

Interviewer: “Oh, yeah.”

McCoy Tyner: “I won't say you'll automatically make more money, but it's a different world like that. And so you get a lot of dedicated young people who just want to play and do exactly what you're saying. The thing is they may not have the venues or the places to do it, but I think a lot of them would like to, you know.”

Interviewer: “Yeah.”

McCoy Tyner: “But it's a different, different world now, you know, I think in that respect, you know.”