{"id":12503,"date":"2017-04-11T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2017-04-02T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:12:17","slug":"coming-attractions-larry-coryell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/11\/coming-attractions-larry-coryell\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Attractions: Larry Coryell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Groundbreaking multi-genre guitarist<b> Larry Coryell<\/b> passed away unexpectedly in February. I&#8217;m a longtime fan of his; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/18\/a-chat-with-larry-coryell-part-one\/\">I first interviewed him in 2014<\/a>. And then last year I had the honor of curating a reissue \u2013 the first-ever on CD \u2013 of his second solo album, 1970&#8217;s <i>Coryell<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Another Coryell project is in the pipeline right now: a reissue of his <i>Live at the Village Gate<\/i> album. Almost completely removed form the jazz idiom, this date showcases a power trio: Coryell plus drummer <b>Harry Wilkinson<\/b> and bassist <b>Mervin Bronson<\/b>. Its character is closer to <b>Hendrix&#8217;s Band of Gypsys<\/b> than any sort of jazz, though the trio does engage in some tasty improvisation. But it&#8217;s of the very heavy variety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12504\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RGM-0593_342px_72dpi_rgbFINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RGM-0593_342px_72dpi_rgbFINAL.jpg 342w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RGM-0593_342px_72dpi_rgbFINAL-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RGM-0593_342px_72dpi_rgbFINAL-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The project was already underway when Larry passed away, but happily I connected with Harry Wilkinson. He shared his memories of working with Coryell, and specifically the pair of gigs that yielded <em>Live at the Village Gate<\/em>. He was also kind enough to share a photo from his personal collection. A Polaroid, it was in pretty bad shape \u2013 cracked, stained, and faded \u2013 but I spent some time fiddling in Photoshop and improved it a bit. The photo shows him and Coryell onstage in Chicago in early 1973. By that point in the timeline, the group was a five-piece.<\/p>\n<p>The librarians at the Chicago Public Library were kind enough to provide me with a copy of a review of the very show depicted in this shot. I&#8217;ve posted that below as well.<\/p>\n<p><i>Live at the Village Gate<\/i> will be out soon \u2013 more details to come \u2013 and it&#8217;s a must-purchase. Not because I wrote the liner notes and did the package design (though none of that hurts), but because it&#8217;s a superb set of music and a slice of history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12505\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/coryell_chicago_trib.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/coryell_chicago_trib.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/coryell_chicago_trib-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groundbreaking multi-genre guitarist Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly in February. I&#8217;m a longtime fan of his; I first interviewed him in 2014. 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