Larry Coryell
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Topic: Larry Coryell
Posted By: The Owl
Subject: Larry Coryell
Date Posted: November 16 2004 at 11:29
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Along with Miles, Johnny Mac, Weather Report, Tony Williams and others, certainly one of the Founding Fathers of Fusion. Well anyway, I've recently been rediscovering Larry's work, just got a bunch of stuff with his Eleventh House band which just SMOKES!!! I also acquired "Spaces" (a classic release with Johnny Mac, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and Miroslav Vitous) and Basics. Now I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend some other Larry Coryell recordings outside of his Eleventh House stuff. Your comments and picks here----------------- ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: November 16 2004 at 12:16
| Do you know the "free spirits" (1967)? |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: November 16 2004 at 12:27
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I've heard about that group a lot. The earliest Coryell I've heard is a live album he did at Carnegie Hall with Gary Burton circa 1967, about the same time as The Free Spirits.
------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
oliverstoned wrote:Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 13:26
| Slowly but slowly some of the signpost jazz rock albums which predate Bitches Brew are getting onto CD, e.g. Count's Rock Band. (Coincidently, Steve Smith has recently done a tribute album with some of the original line-up of Counts Rock Band, e.g. Steve Micus I think, released on Tone Center Records) - can anybody confirm Free Spirits has seen the light of day again on CD???? I think it took Larry Coryell a long time to shake off a long period of lost weekends, when many of his albums were not great shakes. However, during that time he discovered Philip Catherine and also he dropped into Al Dimeola's vacated seat on the flamenco jazz rock Spirits Have Flown DVD with Mclaughlin and DeLuca, recorded 25 years ago. More recently? I caught him at London's Jazz Cafe with a 90's variant of 11th House about 5 years ago, with Alphonse Mouzon, Jeff Berlin and a Japanese trumpeter (standing in for Randy Brecker, but alas who's name alludes me) - and all the band made themselves available to talk to the fans that night. And one of the better jazz rock albums of the 90's was Cause & Effect by Coryell, Steve Smith and Tom Coster (Tone Center Records again), when Coryell was in fine form and very good company, with his guitar playing the range from Wes Montgomery to Hendrix. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 13:39
Owl - can I suggest for clarity that you don't use the word Fusion, when you list specifically jazz rock and jazz funk musicians. The use of the word fusion predates these guys , e.g. Joe Harriott and John Meyers Indo Jazz Fusions (1965), and somebody tells me somebody like Joe Farrell (?) included the word 'fusion' in the title of one of his albums in 1963. Further, on one of those 11th House albums (at least the vinyl version) you'll find Larry Coryell telling the world, he taught John McLaughlin everything he knew about jazz rock - I half believe that statement having read Stuart Nicholson account in Jazz Rock A History and how early Coryell was in with the game, while McLaughlin was still playing (very excellent) British jazz , for instance with John Surman and co on Extrapolation in the late 60's . And Weather Report's album output until Miroslav Vitous left , sounds far more like free or improv jazz to me than jazz rock. And don't forget Soft Machine from the list! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 15:40
| GO FOR LARRY CORYELL AND ALPHONSE MOUZON BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AVAILABLE FROM WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS. BELGIAN GUITARIST PHILIPH CATHERINE IS ALSO FEATURED ON THIS PHENOMENAL ALBUM! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 15:48
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 17:26
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I saw him live in February when he was in Cleveland. Absolutely
phenominal guitarist. He's not playing quite the same stuff he was in
the 70s, but his guitar work was astounding. The most memorable thing
he played that night was Duke's In a Sentimental Mood, and although I
don't particularly enjoy the song, man he made that guitar sing! For
being a guy of his age, he made some of the faster songs really rock
too. I got a CD of his and he signed it for me, it was a great time...
he's a nice guy, too! Sat next to me and my friends and talked to us
between songs. Spaces is an amazing album. ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 04:36
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Misinform???????????????? What are you talking about? I'm quoting Larry Coryell NOT making assumptions - read my words carefully, I've even told you where to look. (I was shocked to read this on the back of album in the early 70's). Coryell predates McLaughlin into jazz-rock. Assumptions - you're making them. I chose my words with care and try to get them backed with research. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 05:48
| What does it matter. Are we going to have a who invented fusion argument? If anyone invented fusion it was Miles Davis and Mclaughlin learned anything about jazz-rock it was from Miles and not Larry Coryell professor Heath. |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 12:17
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VIBRATIONBABAY said: GO FOR LARRY CORYELL AND ALPHONSE MOUZON BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AVAILABLE FROM WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS. BELGIAN GUITARIST PHILIP CATHERINE IS ALSO FEATURED ON THIS PHENOMENAL ALBUM! I have this one (just acquired it recently), truth is I only liked HALF of it, everything up to and including "Rock & Roll Lovers" strips paint (in the best possible way ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
) but after that, it goes downhill with "The Phonse" doing all this corny, stoooooopid cutting up and the remaining songs themselves not being that great until the very last cut. But on the upside Coryell and Catherine play INCREDIBLY together, their 2 acoustic discs ("Splendid" and "Twin House") are excellent! Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 12:35
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My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Larry Coryell quote: "Our Father, who art a cross between Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Jimi Hendrix, hallowed be thy name, here in New York, as it is in New Orleans. Give us this day our daily chord changes, and forgive us for playing the wrong changes behind our soloists as we forgive them for playing the wrong changes behind our solos. And lead us not into disco, but deliver us from commercialism. Amen" ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 12:53
Live from Bahia (a studio album despite its name), featuring Billy Cobham, Donald Harrison and brazilian musicians is a very good album, a bit lighter and than its fusion debuts, something like the stuff Pat Metheny began to compose in the eighties. I have to confess I love this album. I can't tell you which year it was released, as there is no date neither on the CD, nor in the liner notes. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 22:17
Cheers Mr. Owl. |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 10:46
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The real great escape-Larry Coryell.It's good record-only record that I have but I like it. |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 10:54
  ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |