Larry Coryell

American guitarist (1943–2017)

Born: 2 April 1943
Galveston
Died: 19 February 2017
New York City
Country: United States
Active: 1965–
Record labels: ACT Music, Arista Records, Vanguard Records
Discography: 88 albums

Biography

Larry Coryell was a jazz musician who played piano and guitar. Larry Coryell was born on 2 April 1943 in Galveston and died on 19 February 2017 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz and blues. Record labels: ACT Music, Arista Records and Vanguard Records. The discography here lists 88 albums, from “Lady Coryell” (1968) to “Footprints (Live)” (2022).

Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist, widely considered the "godfather of fusion". Alongside Gábor Szabó, he was a pioneer in melding jazz, country and rock music. Coryell was also a music teacher and a writer, penning a monthly column for Guitar Player magazine from 1977 to 1989. He collaborated with a number of other high-profile musicians, including Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitouš, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Emily Remler, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía, Steve Morse and others.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Lady Coryell 1968 Coryell 1969 · Vanguard Spaces 1970 · Vanguard At the Village Gate 1971 · Live · Vanguard Barefoot Boy 1971 · Flying Dutchman Fairyland 1971 · Live · Mega Records Offering 1972 The Real Great Escape 1973 · Vanguard Planet End 1975 · Vanguard The Restful Mind 1975 · Vanguard Basics 1976 · Vanguard The Lion and the Ram 1976 · Arista Two for the Road 1976 · Novus Back Together Again 1977 · Atlantic Twin House 1977 · Atlantic At Montreux 1978 · Live · Vanguard Better Than Live 1978 · Direct-to-Disk Labs Difference 1978 · The Eleventh House, Inc European Impressions 1978 · Live · Arista Novus Splendid 1978 · Elektra Standing Ovation 1978 · MOOD Records Return 1979 · Vanguard Tributaries 1979 · Arista Novus Live ! 1980 · Live · Elektra

Scheherazade 1982

The Larry Coryell, Michal Urbaniak Duo 1982 · Keytone Records Bolero & Scheherazade 1983 · Philips Facts of Life 1983 · Love Records

L'Oiseau de Feu,Petrouchka 1983 · Philips

Le Sacre du Printemps 1983

Round Midnight 1983 · Full House Comin' Home 1984 · Muse Records

Just Like Being Born 1984

The 11th House 1985 · PA USA Together 1985 · Concord Jazz

Equipoise 1986

Dedicated to Bill Evans and Scott La Faro 1987 · Jazzpoint Quartet 1987 · Jazzpoint Air Dancing 1988 · Jazzpoint Toku Do 1988 · Muse Records Shining Hour 1989 The Dragon Gate 1989 · Shanachie

American Odyssey 1990

Don Lanphere / Larry Coryell 1990

Twelve Frets to One Octave 1991 · Shanachie A Quiet Day in Spring 1992 · SteepleChase Live From Bahia 1992 · Live · CTI Live from Bahia 1992 · CTI

Visions In Blue: Coryell Plays Ravel & Gershwin 1992

Bolero 1993 · Evidence Fallen Angel 1993 · CTI I'll Be Over You 1995 · CTI Sketches of Coryell 1996 · Shanachie Spaces Revisited 1997 · Shanachie Cause & Effect 1998 Private Concert 1998 · Live · Acoustic Music Records

From the Ashes 1999

Monk, Trane, Miles & Me 1999 · HighNote Records New High 2000 · HighNote Records Count's Jam Band Reunion 2001 · Tone Center Inner Urge 2001 · HighNote Records Moonlight Whispers 2001 · Pastels Cedars of Avalon 2002 · HighNote Records Major Jazz Minor Blues 2003 · Savoy Jazz The Power Trio: Live in Chicago 2003 · Live Three Guitars 2003 · Chesky Records Timeless 2003 · Savoy Jazz Tricycles 2003 · In+Out Records

3 Guitars 2005

Electric 2005 · Chesky Records Laid Back & Blues 2006 · Live · Rhombus Records Traffic 2006 · Chesky Records Earthquake at the Avalon 2009 · Live · inakustik Larry Coryell With The Wide Hive Players 2011 · Wide Hive Records Montgomery 2011 · Patuxent Music Duality 2012 · Random Act Records

Stanley Sagov & Larry Coryell (Live in 2012) 2012 · Live

Millenium 2013 · Membran The Lift 2013 · Wide Hive Records Aurora Coryellis 2015 · Live · Purple Pyramid Heavy Feel 2015 · Wide Hive Records

Live in Europe 2004 - Vol. 1 2015

Barefoot Man: Sanpaku 2016

Larry Coryell's 11th House Seven Secrets 2016 · Savoy Jazz Night of Jazz Guitars 2016 · In+Out Records Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI - The Last Call 2021 · Live · ACT

Tricycles 2021

Footprints (Live) 2022 · Lo-Light Records

Also plays on

Albums where Larry Coryell is credited as a sideman

1966	The Dealer — Chico Hamilton	guitar
1970	Score — Randy Brecker	guitar
1971	Pepper's Pow Wow — Jim Pepper	guitar
1975	Venusian Summer — Lenny White	guitar
1977	Three or Four Shades of Blues — Charles Mingus	guitar
1978	Movies — Michael Mantler	guitar
1979	Don’t Ask — Sonny Rollins	guitar
1979	Me, Myself an Eye — Charles Mingus	guitar
1979	Young Django — Stéphane Grappelli	guitar
1979	Tender Variations - Original Soundtrack aus dem Film "Der Windhund" — Chet Baker, Billy Cobham. Ron Carter, Larry Coryell, Hubert Laws, Hubert Rostaing	guitar
1980	Chet Baker & Wolfgang Lackerschmid — Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid feat. Larry Coryell, Buster Williams, Tony Williams	guitar
1980	Something Like a Bird — Charles Mingus	guitar
1981	Castro Marín — Paco de Lucía	guitar
1982	Gershwin Carmichael Cats — “Sir” Roland Hanna	guitar
1988	September Ballads — Mark Murphy	electric guitar
1992	By Design — Billy Cobham	guitar
1996	The Return of the Great Guitars — Charlie Byrd	guitar
2001	Impressions of Miles Davis — Teo Macero	electric guitar
2012	Wonderful! Wonderful! — Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell & Jimmy Cobb	guitar, trumpet