Barefoot Man: Sanpaku Larry Coryell

• 1 Sanpaku 10:41
• 2 Back to Russia 06:15
• 3 If Miles Were Here 07:01
• 4 Improv on 97 05:05
• 5 Penultimate 06:30
• 6 Manteca 08:22
• 7 Blue Your Mind 08:26
• Total Runtime 52:20

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Jazz guitar icon Larry Coryell, one of the most respected and celebrated guitarists of his generation, offers this brand new album of seven original compositions!

"The Coryell patriarch recorded Barefoot Man: Sanpaku in his current home state of Florida, backed by a mix of longtime associates and local players. The album's seven tracks – all instrumental – have a live-in-the-studio feel. The varied set is nominally a jazz collection, but within that framework, it's quite varied: “Sanpaku” is a funky outing with plenty of musician interplay, while “Back to Russia” is built around the piano work of Lynne Arriale. The ensemble nature of the record continues through “If Miles Were Here,” which manages to be melodic and amelodic all at once; it feels the most like Coryell's 1970s work. Coryell's ability to switch on a dime between fast and slow guitar figures is on display on “Improv on 97.” His acoustic work is featured prominently on “Penultimate,” while “Menteca” has a kinetic Carribean jazz flavor; it provides a tasty backdrop for Coryell to spit out some distorted, fleet-fingered electric runs. The disc closes with the wonderfully old-school flavored “Blue Your Mind,” the most traditionally-oriented track on the album."

Larry Coryell, guitar
Lynne Arriale, piano
John Lee, bass
Dan Jordan, saxophone, flute
Lee Pierson, drums

Larry Coryell
(April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist known as the "Godfather of Fusion".

Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands the Jailers, the Rumblers, the Royals, and the Flames. He also played with the Checkers from nearby Yakima, Washington. He then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. He played in a number of popular Northwest bands, including the Dynamics, while living in Seattle.

In September 1965, Coryell moved to New York City, where he attended the Mannes School of Music, and then became part of Chico Hamilton's quintet, replacing Gabor Szabo. In 1967 and 1968, he recorded with Gary Burton. Also during the mid-1960s he played with the Free Spirits, his first recorded band. His music during the late-1960s and early-1970s combined the influences of rock, jazz, and eastern music. He married Jewish writer-actress Julie Nathanson before the release of his first solo album, Lady Coryell, which like Coryell, At the Village Gate, and, The Lion and the Ram featured her photos on the cover (there is a 'ghost' nude of her descending a staircase on the Aspects album cover). Julie's poetry was featured on the back cover of Ram. She was an important part of his career, as inspiration, management, and appearance at recording sessions. She wrote a book based on interviews with jazz-rock musicians, including John Abercrombie, and Jaco Pastorius.

In the early 1970s, he led a group called Foreplay with Mike Mandel, a childhood friend, although the albums of this period—Barefoot Boy, Offering, and The Real Great Escape—were credited only to "Larry Coryell." He formed the group The Eleventh House in 1973. The album sold well in college towns and the ensemble toured widely. Several of the group's albums featured drummer Alphonse Mouzon.

Following the breakup of this band, Coryell played mainly acoustic guitar but returned to electric guitar later in the 1970s. He released an album credited with Mouzon and an album with the Brubeck Brothers that was recorded direct-to-disc, a recording method revived for a time. He made several acoustic duet albums, two with Belgian guitarist (and former Focus member) Philip Catherine. Their album Twin House (1977), which contained the song "Miss Julie", drew favorable reviews.

In 1979, Coryell formed The Guitar Trio with fusion guitarist John McLaughlin and flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía. The group toured Europe and released a video recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London entitled Meeting of Spirits. In early 1980, Coryell's drug addiction led to him being replaced by Al Di Meola. Julie Coryell sang on one track of Comin' Home (1984). The couple divorced in 1986. She died in 2009. Coryell recorded an album with (and was briefly romantically involved with) Emily Remler before her death from a heroin overdose while on tour in Australia. (Source: timenote.info)

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