larry coryell Archive
05 Feb 2018
2017’s Top Ten You Might Not Have Heard/Heard Of
My brow furrows a bit when I read “Best of” lists published in November or early December; are December releases set aside for consideration in the following year? Or are […]
22 Aug 2017
Three More New Album Reviews
Cody ChesnuTT – My Love Divine Degree File next to: D’Angelo, Shuggie Otis Atlanta-based Cody ChesnuTT is the kind of artist who frustrates and fascinates – in equal measure – […]
11 Apr 2017
Coming Attractions: Larry Coryell
Groundbreaking multi-genre guitarist Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly in February. I’m a longtime fan of his; I first interviewed him in 2014. And then last year I had the honor […]
13 Feb 2017
New Albums from Larry, Tracey and Murali Coryell
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 […]
20 May 2015
Review: Two New Albums featuring Larry Coryell
One of music’s greatest guitarists, Larry Coryell has enjoyed – and continues to enjoy – a long and storied career. After his professional start playing with Chico Hamilton, Coryell launched […]
20 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: In the entry on you in the Music Hound Jazz book, the reviewer makes the points that your back catalog is in shameful disarray, […]
19 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Though you’re certainly grounded at least in part in rock styles, another remarkable quality of your musicianship to me is the way you take […]
18 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part One
One might describe Larry Coryell as something of an undiscovered legend. To those in the know – jazz/fusion aficionados and those like me fortunate enough to stumble onto his vast […]