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.


Bombay Jazz
Larry Coryell • Guitar
George Brooks • Saxophone
Ronu Majumdar • Bansuri
Vijay Ghate • Tabla



BombayJazz, four internationally renowned musicians performing 21st century global jazz, made their debut in India in 2003, receiving critical and popular acclaim. A whirlwind tour of Europe in the fall of 2004 and US performances in 2005 solidified the group’s relentless pursuit of compositional and improvisational excellence.

BombayJazz performs a dynamic blend of Jazz and classical Indian music. Each member of the group is and accomplished performer and composer, with each contributing his own spices to the fragrant mix. BombayJazz explores the melodic richness of raga and the dynamic rhythmic interplay that is common to both Indian classical music and jazz, while pioneering a harmonic exploration rarely heard in east – west fusions of any kind.

As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock — perhaps the pioneer— Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the history books. He is equally at home on the classical stage, on the cutting edge of fusion or trading ferocious jazz licks with James Moody or Jimmy Smith.  Larry has performed alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia, Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola and has toured India with L. Subramanium and Shakti.

Saxophone virtuoso George Brooks has collaborated with jazz and blues titans Etta James, Steve Smith, Anthony Braxton and Albert Collins and Indian classical gurus Hariprasad Chaurasia, Zakir Hussain, Sultan Khan, L.Subramaniam and Aashish Khan. The Telegraph, Calcutta called his CD Night Spinner, “one of the finest Indo-jazz fusion albums ever.” CD Baby gave his Summit CD five stars, denoting it “…a beacon of jazz excellence, among the best in our warehouse.”

In the hands of world-renowned flutist, Ronu Majumdar, the bansuri, a simple bamboo flute, becomes an instrument of tremendous power, virtuosity and versatility. A Grammy nominee, Ronu has performed with international superstars, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Beatle George Harrison and guitarist Ry Cooder.

Vijay Ghate is recognized as one of the most brilliant and exciting tabla players of the present generation. He has toured the world accompanying some of India’s most important classical artists including Pandit Jasraj, Vilayat Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Amjad Ali Khan, and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Vijay has gained global recognition in world music through performances with Al Jarreau, George Duke, Larry Coryell, Egberto Gismonti, George Brooks, and Danny Gottleib.

 Larry Coryell and Al DiMeola in Spain

 Larry Coryell Trio in Cincinnati "Tricycles"

 Larry Coryell's "Love Is Here to Stay"

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