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Larry
Coryell
 Larry
Coryell has been described by Whitney Balliett
as “the most innovative and original guitarist
since Charlie Christian.” Beginning with
his first recordings with Chico Hamilton and his
tenure with the Gary Burton Quartet, Larry has
remained in the pantheon of great jazz
guitarists for more than forty years. His
personal philosophy of music has kept his
playing fresh and exciting and makes each of his
personal appearances or recordings a special
event.
The late 60’s and early 70’s saw Larry as one of
the most in-demand guitarists, not only in jazz
but in all musical genres. It was during this
time that Larry released a series of critically
acclaimed albums for Vanguard, did some rock
experimentation with Steve Marcus, toured with
British musicians Jack Bruce and Mitch Mitchell
and appeared on the first album by the Jazz
Composer’s Orchestra Association. There were
sessions with Jimmy Webb, The Fifth Dimension,
Charles Mingus, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, John
McLaughlin and Miroslav Vitous. The albums
produced at this time show Larry Coryell to be a
profound musical prophet, merging jazz, rock,
free-form improvisations and Eastern modes and
scales in a way that was new at the time and
still communicates power and emotion years
later.
In 1974, Larry formed The 11th House, one of the
most popular and successful fusion bands of its
time. The band, comprising Coryell, Randy
Brecker, Alphonse Mouzon, Mike Mandel and Danny
Trifan, demolished the barriers between jazz and
rock and came up with a sound that merged the
best elements of both – the raw emotional power
of rock with the more structured ideas of jazz.
All of Larry’s work, both singly and
collectively, highlights Larry’s uncanny ability
to revisit jazz standards and imbue them with
the new life and ideas. He brings to them his
years of experience in playing, listening and
learning and synthesizes them into something
greater than the sum of their parts.
Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the
history books.
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Larry Coryell Biography (pdf)
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Bombay Jazz Biography (pdf)
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Larry
Coryell Discography (pdf)
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Larry Coryell Quotes (pdf)
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Review Chicago Tribune February 2012 (pdf)
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Boston
Globe
Performance
Review (doc)
Master Clinics
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Larry
Coryell
Master
Clinic and Performance Syllabus (pdf)
Photos
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Video
 Larry
Coryell
and
Al
DiMeola in Spain
Larry
Coryell
Trio
in
Cincinnati "Tricycles"
Larry
Coryell's
"Love
Is
Here to Stay"
Audio Samples
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"The
Dragon
Gate"
from "Laid Back & Blues" (Rhombus 2006)
(mp3)
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"No More booze Minor Blues" from "Laid Back
& Blues" (Rhombus 2006) (mp3)
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"Stable
Fantasy"
from
"Tricycles" (Favored Nations 2004) (mp3)
Bombay Jazz Audio Samples
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"Ganges" from "Live in Mumbai" (mp3)
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"Trem
Brazil-India"
from
"Live in Mumbai" (mp3)
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