Jazz Articles about Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell: Making the Changes

by Tom Greenland
March 21, 2010

“This is all Coltrane, from his early/middle/late period, whatever that means!" laughs guitarist Larry Coryell. He is sitting backstage in the green room at Iridium in 2009, describing a chart he is about to try out with organist Joey DeFrancesco. “And then this part here is very much like 'All Blues,' like Miles," he says, humming the line: “Bah-deh-doo-deh, DAY-deh-doo-dee, doo-dah-doo-dah, duh--it's in that same chord, that same mode." Indicating the next section, he continues, “And then it goes, here, ...

Larry Coryell: Earthquake at the Avalon

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 25, 2009

Il chitarrista americano Larry Coryell tira fuori dall'armadio le reminiscenze della fine degli anni sessanta e le ripropone, con una invidiabile faccia tosta, in un bel concerto che si è tenuto verso metà ottobre 2005 nel mitico Avalon californiano. Al suo fianco ritroviamo il batterista Pretty Purdie, uno dei più utilizzati session man della storia, il figlio Julian alla chitarra e alle tastiere, il bassista John Hart e il trombettista Winston Byrd. Tanto per riscaldare l'anima del pubblico, l'album parte ...

Larry Coryell with Joey DeFrancesco at the Iridium

by David Miller
April 5, 2009

Larry Coryell Organ TrioWith Joey DeFrancesco and Byron LandhamThe IridiumNew York, New YorkMarch 26, 2009The atmosphere was surprisingly quiet in advance of the early set at the reliably raucous Iridium on a rainy Thursday night. The excitement was palpable. I didn't fully understand--we were just going to hear a straight-ahead organ trio, one of the most predictable ensembles in jazz. It scarcely occurred to this writer that the crowd was here to be ...

Larry Coryell: A Retrospective

by Jim Santella
February 3, 2008

Larry Coryell A Retrospective Inakustik 2007

This two-DVD set complements Improvising: My Life In Music, guitarist Larry Coryell's 2007 autobiography from Backbeat Books. Filmed in concert at Hollywood's The Avalon in October 2005, the focus is on Coryell's blues-laden impressions of jazz and rock. Coryell grew up in the Seattle area and became heavily involved with drugs while attending the University of Washington. He moved to New York in 1965 and ...

Improvising: My Life In Music

by Karen Hogg
September 8, 2007

Improvising: My Life In Music Larry Coryell Softcover; 209 pages ISBN: 0879308265 Backbeat Books 2007

Improvising: My Life In Music is the autobiography of Larry Coryell. The guitarist takes us through his early years, the start of his career in New York and up through the present. Coryell's is an inspirational tale, but also a cautionary one. It is fascinating to hear about the great artists Coryell ...

Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music

by Bill Siegel
August 24, 2005

Julie Coryell Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music Hal Leonard 1979 Preface by Ramsey Lewis 2000 edition with new preface by Julie Coryell “Jazz-rock fusion . It's a tag, a label from the 1970s that can still provoke impassioned arguments from all sides--pro, con and every stop in between. Not to mention the way the debate was, for a long time, stoked by a mostly critic-enflamed controversy about how to ...

Larry Coryell: Power Trio: Live in Chicago

by Scott Andrews
June 14, 2004

After two recent electric fusion project records with drummer Steve Smith ( Cause and Effect and Count's Jam Band Reunion ), veteran fusion guitarist and composer Larry Coryell returns with Power Trio: Live in Chicago. In this live set captured at the Jazz Showcase, this trio swings through mellow moods with traditional jazz sonic textures, in contrast to the classic fusion that won Coryell fame in the early '70s. The sparse instrumentation, consisting of Larry Gray on upright and electric ...