Larry Coryell
b. 2 April 1943, Galveston, Texas, USA. Coryell grew up in the state of Washington. He first worked as a guitarist in 1958 when he formed a rock 'n' roll band with keyboard player Michael Mandel. In 1965 he relocated to New York and joined Chico Hamilton's band, overlapping with the legendary guitarist Gabor Szabo, whom he eventually replaced. In 1966 he formed Free Spirits with American Indian tenor player Jim Pepper. He toured with Gary Burton (1967-68) and played on Herbie Mann's 1968 session, Memphis Underground. Coryell was impressed with the exploits of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton with Cream, and his performance on Michael Mantler's Jazz Composers Orchestra project in 1968 was scarifying electric guitar at its best. Coryell's early solo albums featured strong support from Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison (Lady Coryell), and John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham (Spaces). Fairyland, recorded live at Montreux in 1971 with soul veterans Chuck Rainey (bass) and Bernard Purdie (drums), a power trio format, was packed with sublime solos. Barefoot Boy, recorded the same year at Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios, was notable for its simultaneous use of non-pareil jazz drummer Roy Haynes and electric feedback and distortion.
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Albums
- (2007) Vanguard Visionaries
- (2006) Lady Coryell
- (2006) The Essential
- (2006) Planet End
- (2006) Joy Spring: The Ultimate Larry Coryell
- (2006) Eleventh House With Larry Coryell
- (2006) Spaces
- (2005) Shining Hour
- (2005) Major Jazz, Minor Blues
- (2005) Timeless Larry Coryell
- (2004) Tricycles
- (2004) Tricycles
- (1999) Improvisations: The Best of The Vanguard Years(CD1)
- (1999) Private Concert
- (1999) Improvisations - Best of the Vanguard Years
- (1995) Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House at Montreaux
- (1975) The Essential...
- (1972) Introducing: The Eleventh House
- (1970) Spaces
Top Tracks
- Diango Fantasy
- Moon River
- Spring is Here
- Birdfingers
- Sonny Moon for Two
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