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McCoy Tyner

1938 - 2020

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Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy award winner. Unlike many of the jazz keyboardists of his generation, Tyner very rarely incorporated electric keyboards or synthesizers into his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of McCoy Tyner has received more than 1,058,163 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). McCoy Tyner is the 643rd most popular musician (down from 306th in 2019), the 3,343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,669th in 2019) and the 201st most popular American Musician.

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  • 53.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, McCoy Tyner ranks 643 out of 2,662Before him are Felix Blumenfeld, Alan Wilson, Louis Prima, Gaspara Stampa, Steve Gadd, and Mordechai Gebirtig. After him are Ruggiero Ricci, Ron Carter, Vanessa-Mae, Bill Bruford, Clarence Clemons, and Ivan Mládek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, McCoy Tyner ranks 195Before him are Carmela Corren, Larry Niven, Lawrence Block, Adolf Scherer, Jacqueline Andere, and Jesús María Pereda. After him are Tufuga Efi, Zbigniew Religa, Derviş Eroğlu, Luis Artime, Leon Panetta, and Evel Knievel. Among people deceased in 2020, McCoy Tyner ranks 185Before him are Shere Hite, Vittorio Gregotti, Stanisław Kania, Flavio Cotti, Jack Charlton, and John Hume. After him are David Stern, Rhonda Fleming, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Fou Ts'ong, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, and Ken Robinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, McCoy Tyner ranks 3,343 out of 18,182Before him are Carmen Argenziano (1943), Gordon Bunshaft (1909), Moses Malone (1955), Julia Robinson (1919), Brian Weiss (1944), and Harold Robbins (1916). After him are Margaux Hemingway (1954), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Charles Bachman (1924), Ron Carter (1937), Tiger Woods (1975), and Philip Michael Thomas (1949).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, McCoy Tyner ranks 201Before him are Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), Benny Golson (1929), Alan Wilson (1943), Louis Prima (1910), and Steve Gadd (1945). After him are Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Ron Carter (1937), Clarence Clemons (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Jimmy Smith (1925), and Vinnie Vincent (1952).