McCoy Tyner was born in Philadelphia on December 11, 1938. He started playing the piano when he was 13. His mother encouraged his interest in music and after taking piano lessons for 2 years, music became his primary interest. He loved jazz and was influenced by Bud Powell. At first his family couldn’t afford a piano so he went to the neighbors house to practice.

Tyner met John Coltrane when he was 17. Coltrane was in Philly on break from playing with Miles Davis. Coltrane liked Tyner’s playing and arranged a few local gigs with Tyner in his rhythm section. Later Tyner would play on some of Coltrane’s most famous albums.

Here is a performance from the 1980’s. I don’t know exactly what year.