Search results for "Larry Coryell"

Larry Coryell: Tamari (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 05, 08

Guitarist Larry Coryell's Eleventh House band could be impressive. Larry has a strong claim to being one of the fathe...

Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House: Birdfingers (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The Eleventh House was guitarist Larry Coryell's version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Weather R...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BODY PARTS FOR HALLOWEEN

A few months ago I was writing a Jazz.com review of Bireli LaGrene’s tune “Hips.” It started getting me think...

Bireli Lagrene: Wave (1983) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

By-rote versions of well-worn jazz classics are generally defined as "filler." However, this fitting tribute to the G...

Larry Coryell: Spaces (Infinite) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

According to the book Milestones 2: the Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960 by Jack Chambers, up-and-coming gui...

Larry Coryell: Variations on Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

In 1969, Larry Coryell gathered together future fusion superstars John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and Miro...

Larry Coryell: Spaces Revisited (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

Spaces Revisited reunites jazz legends Larry Coryell and Billy Cobham in a sequel to Coryell's classic album Spaces. ...

Larry Coryell & Alphonse Mouzon: Transvested Express (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 06, 08

Larry Coryell and Alphonse Mouzon were important factors in the early history of fusion. Power drummer and part-time ...

Larry Coryell: Good Citizen Swallow (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

An audible vocal countdown by guitarist Larry Coryell kicks off "Good Citizen Swallow," an upbeat original featuring ...

Larry Coryell: Wrong Is Right? (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

Recorded live in the studio by a riveting organ trio, "Wrong Is Right?" gathers a massive head of steam in its l...

Larry Coryell with John Scofield and Joe Beck: Zimbabwe (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

Recorded roughly around the time that Larry Coryell joined another, better known acoustic guitar trio in its first in...

Larry Coryell: Rene's Theme (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

"Rene's Theme" was written by the Belgian Rene Thomas, a gifted guitarist who caught the attention of such jazz stars...

Larry Coryell: Love Is Here To Stay (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Larry Coryell's chops seem more indebted to residencies in posh jazz clubs than to either Tin Pan Alley or Shube...

Larry Coryell: The Dragon Gate (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 31, 08

The idea behind Spaces Revisited was to produce music that echoed Coryell's landmark jazz-rock album Spaces from thre...

Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell: Kowloon Jag (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

By 1976, Gerry Brown had replaced Alphonse Mouzon in Eleventh House's drumming stool. Terumasa Hino had also taken ov...

Larry Coryell: Wrong Is Right (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Nothing here backs the song title, but, consistent with the disc's intended concept, each soloist is given the space ...

Paco De Lucia: Convite (Rumba) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Before the worldwide commercial success of the Guitar Trio of Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola, there w...

Charles Mingus: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

This is definitely a different take on Mingus's classic ode to Lester Young. After the master's somber bowed intro, t...

Stéphane Grappelli: Blues for Django and Stéphane (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 26, 08

This is a priceless example of Stéphane Grappelli's inspiring interaction with younger musicians, who were always flo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI

 Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...

Gary Burton Quartet: Blue Comedy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Because of all the diverse music Gary Burton has recorded for almost 50 years, and since the vibraphone is not exactl...

Herbie Mann: Memphis Underground (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

A year after Mann, Ayers and Coryell moseyed south to record with the house rhythm section at Stax Records, renowned ...

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