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Welcome !      McCoy Tyner Blues For Fatha Album: Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors Jazz Piano Legends of the 20th Century Genres: Jazz Is it Fatha or just the real McCoy? Tyner plays chameleon on this powerful, rhythmic tribute to piano master Earl “Fatha” Hines! Similar Songs Critic's Review Ratings & Reviews Related links   4MB RealAudio      Need a free Player?      Download Help           It’s a little fitting that McCoy Tyner, who fused a variety of piano styles into his own one-of-a-kind sound, would want to go back and separate the pieces he got from his keyboard forefathers. He did it on the 2000 release Jazz Roots, and he composed a perfect vehicle to pay tribute to jazz giant Earl “Fatha” Hines -- “Blues For Fatha -- a powerful but playful performance of classic, blues-based jazz featuring just Tyner and his piano. Since he adapted some of his own approach from Hines’ influence, it’s kind of difficult to say what’s homage and what’s just McCoy here -- although the right-hand dashes through the octaves do sound like a conscious nod to Fatha. But leaving aside the need to dig through the performance looking for those clues, you can say that the tribute is a success in a broader sense. It ought to get any listener interested in checking out more about Hines -- and that’s a victory for both him and Tyner.       Dan LeRoy     Dan LeRoy is the music and entertainment writer for the Charleston Daily Mail. He serves as an associate editor for Grafitti, a statewide entertainment newspaper, and has also written for several music-related publications including Launch.com, Boston Rock, and Lexicon.   Click here for rules!          Average Rating: One Star Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars Five Stars                n/a                    Enter a review to win an iShriek MP3 Player!

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