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June's Real McCoy 2005

1) Tyner left the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet to join…

Miles Davis
Ike Turner
John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins

2) What was the name of Tyner’s 1972 debut album with Milestone Records?

Manhattan Melody
Today & Tomorrow
Peace Piece
Sahara

3) This artist helped 18-year old Tyner obtain his New York musician’s card.

Benny Golson
Calvin Massey
Art Farmer
Frank Foster

4) Tyner’s Big Band landed him 2 Grammy Awards. How many other Grammies has he won?

3 more
2 more
1 more
4 more

5) The Chesky album “New York Reunion” finds Tyner teamed up, with this musician after two decades.

Gary Bartz
Joe Henderson
Slide Hampton
Azar Lawrence

6) One of these is NOT a Tyner original composition.

Passion Dance
Search For Peace
Looking Up
Song of the New World

7) Sulaimon Saud is Tyner’s…

Bassman on “Enlightenment”
Brother
Muslim Name
First album for Blue Note

8) Tyner's first musical influence was...

Duke Ellington
Nat
Oscar Peterson
Bud Powell

9) What 1996 GRP CD features Tyner performing 9 songs in tribute to pop composer Burt Bacharach?

The Look of Love
New York, New York
What the World Needs Now
East Meets West

10) Tyner grew up in...

Philadelphia
Chicago
New York City
Atlanta

11) Tyner’s album “Echoes of a Friend” is a tribute to this artist.

John Coltrane
Dizzy Gillespie
Sonny Rollins
Art Tatum

12) Tyner’s transcriptions published in 1983 is entitled...

Inception to Now
Trane of Thought
Passages
The World of Tyner

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