Timeless: Chesky's Best of Larry Coryell Larry Coryell

• 1 Cariba 06:05
• 2 After the Rain 04:59
• 3 Footprints 07:26
• 4 Zimbabwe 05:11
• 5 Timeless 07:07
• 6 Stowaway 06:15
• 7 Wolfbane 06:07
• 8 Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat 04:16
• 9 So What 06:19
• 10 Judith Loves Jazz 05:12
• 11 Black Dog 06:16
• 12 Seu Jorge E Dona Ica 06:03
• 13 Overruled 05:14
• 14 Impressions 05:58
• Total Runtime 01:22:28

Info for Timeless: Chesky's Best of Larry Coryell

For nearly three quarters of a century, Larry Coryell blessed us with virtuosic Jazz fusion innovations. In his Chesky Records releases alone, he was able to create unique and lasting music in various styles and configurations. Whether as a guitar trio, an organ trio, or with the family band, Larry managed to captivate with his creations. Unfortunately, Larry passed away in 2017. We're lucky that his chosen art form leaves us the ability to enjoy his transcendent talent for years to come.

Playing guitar is a way of life in the Coryell household. Larry Coryell formed The Eleventh House, one of fusion's most influential groups, in the 1970's and has unleashed his guitar sorcery with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus to Randy Brecker and Chico Hamilton. Following in their father's steps, Julian and Murali Coryell both have rising musical careers. In 1999, Julian's major label debut on Mojo Records and Murali's CZYZ Records debut were released to critical acclaim.

Larry Coryell, guitar

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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