{"id":12228,"date":"2017-02-13T05:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2016-12-29T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:02:08","slug":"new-albums-from-larry-tracey-and-murali-coryell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/13\/new-albums-from-larry-tracey-and-murali-coryell\/","title":{"rendered":"New Albums from Larry, Tracey and Murali Coryell"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time in the late 1960s and early ’70s when it looked as if Larry Coryell would break out as the Next Big Thing. A fiendishly gifted guitarist with a deep interest in (and more importantly, a thorough mastery of) many different styles of music, he was and remains quite prolific. Whether as a sideman (for Chico Hamilton<\/strong>, Herbie Mann<\/strong> and others), bandleader (Eleventh House<\/strong>) or solo artist, Coryell has always made compelling music. He’s worked in jazz, fusion, classical, rock, blues, acoustic, electric \u2026 you name it. And while he hasn’t become a household name, those who’ve discovered his work have been richly rewarded.<\/p>\n

Coryell is surrounded by talented people even when he’s offstage: both of his sons, Julian<\/strong> and Murali are established musicians with careers of their own; Julian is a member of his dad’s recently-reformed fusion supergroup Eleventh House; release of a new album from them has been delayed and is set for sometime in 2017. (Also due in 2017: the first-ever CD release of Coryell<\/i>, the guitarist’s fiery 1969 album. That release will feature a Coryell interview and liner notes by this writer.) And Coryell’s wife Tracey is an author and musician with a couple of CDs to her credit as well.<\/p>\n

2016 was a busy year for the Coryells: though Larry was waylaid with some medical problems (now behind him), he recorded and released a new solo album. So, too, did Tracey and Murali. These three releases \u2013 all on different labels \u2013 are markedly different from one another in style and approach.<\/p>\n

\"\"Larry Coryell \u2013 Barefoot Man: Sanpaku<\/i><\/b>
\nThe Coryell patriarch recorded Barefoot Man: Sanpaku<\/i> in his current home state of Florida, backed by a mix of longtime associates and local players. The album’s seven tracks \u2013 all instrumental \u2013 have a live-in-the-studio feel. The varied set is nominally a jazz collection, but within that framework, it’s quite varied: \u201cSanpaku\u201d is a funky outing with plenty of musician interplay, while \u201cBack to Russia\u201d is built around the piano work of Lynne Arriale. The ensemble nature of the record continues through \u201cIf Miles Were Here,\u201d which manages to be melodic and amelodic all at once; it feels the most like Coryell’s 1970s work.