TYNER, ALFRED MCCOY

TYNER, ALFRED MCCOY (aka SULAIMON SAUD). Jazz pianist (11 December 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). His mother played piano, and he began piano study as a child. By the time he was fifteen he had organized his own group. He began playing professionally with local groups in Philadelphia at an early age, among them, Calvin Massey. Later he played with Benny Golson, the Golson/Art Farmer Jazztet, and John Coltrane (1959-65). Thereafter he performed with his own groups. During the 1970s...