Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist.

Larry Coryell
Coryell in 1979
Background information
Birth nameLorenz Albert Van DeLinder III
Born(1943-04-02)April 2, 1943
Galveston, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 73)
New York City
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, free jazz, pop, rock, classical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1965–2017
LabelsVanguard, Arista, Novus, Muse, Shanachie, Chesky, Wide Hive, Patuxent
Associated acts
Websitelarrycoryell.net

Early life

Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He was raised by his stepfather Gene, a chemical engineer, and his mother Cora, who encouraged him to learn piano when he was four years old.[1]

In his teens he switched to guitar. After his family moved to Richland, Washington, he took lessons from a teacher who lent him albums by Les Paul, Johnny Smith, Barney Kessel, and Tal Farlow. When asked what jazz guitar albums influenced him, Coryell cited On View at the Five Spot by Kenny Burrell, Red Norvo with Strings, and The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. He liked blues and pop music and tried to play jazz when he was eighteen. He said that hearing Wes Montgomery changed his life.[2]

Coryell graduated from Richland High School, where he played in local bands the Jailers, the Rumblers, the Royals, and the Flames. He also played with the Checkers from Yakima. He then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington.[3]

Career
Coryell at Jazz im Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, 2009

In September 1965, Coryell moved to New York City, where he attended Mannes School of Music.[4] After moving to New York, he listened to classical composers such as Bartók, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, and Shostakovich.[2]

He replaced guitarist Gábor Szabó in Chico Hamilton's quintet. In 1967–68, he recorded with Gary Burton. During the mid-1960s he played with the Free Spirits,[5] his first recorded band. His music during the late-1960s and early-1970s combined rock, jazz, and eastern music.

In the Seventies, he led the group Foreplay with Mike Mandel, a friend since childhood,[6] although the albums of this period, Barefoot Boy, Offering, and The Real Great Escape, were credited only to "Larry Coryell." He formed The Eleventh House in 1973. Several of the group's albums included drummer Alphonse Mouzon.

He recorded two guitar duet albums with Philip Catherine. In 1979, he formed The Guitar Trio with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. The group toured Europe briefly, releasing a video recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London entitled Meeting of Spirits. In early 1980, Coryell's drug addiction led to his being replaced by Al Di Meola.[7] He recorded Together with guitarist Emily Remler, who died in 1990. Starting from 2010, Coryell toured and recorded intermittently with a trio that included pianist John Colianni, as well as bassists Daryl Johns and Jim Cammack.

Personal life

He married three times during his life. First to writer-actress Julie Nathanson, daughter of actress Carol Bruce.[8] She appeared on the cover of his albums, Lady Coryell, Larry Coryell at the Village Gate, and The Lion and the Ram and wrote the book Jazz-Rock Fusion based on interviews with musicians such as Chick Corea and John McLaughlin.[9] She sang on one track on Coryell's 1984 album Comin' Home. The couple divorced in 1985. She died in 2009.[10] Larry's second marriage was to Mary (Molly) Schuler from Connecticut in 1988. The couple divorced in 2005. Larry's widow is Tracey Coryell. They were married in Orlando Florida in 2007. Tracey is a singer/songwriter/performer who appeared on Larry's "Laid, Back & Blues" recording in 2006 on Rhombus Records. Larry recorded one of Tracey's compositions, "First Day of Autumn" on his album "The Lift " in 2013 on Wide Hive Records.

Death

Coryell died of heart failure on Sunday, February 19, 2017, in a New York City hotel room at the age of 73. He had performed at the Iridium jazz club in Manhattan on the preceding two days.[3][11]

Discography

As leader
  • Coryell (Vanguard Apostolic, 1969)
  • Lady Coryell (Vanguard Apostolic, 1969)
  • Spaces (Vanguard Apostolic, 1970)
  • Fairyland (Mega, 1971)
  • Larry Coryell at the Village Gate (Vanguard, 1971)
  • Barefoot Boy (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • Offering (Vanguard, 1972)
  • The Real Great Escape (Vanguard, 1973)
  • Introducing Eleventh House with Larry Coryell (Vanguard, 1974)
  • The Restful Mind (Vanguard, 1975)
  • Planet End (Vanguard, 1975)
  • Level One (Arista, 1975)
  • Basics (Vanguard, 1976)
  • The Lion and the Ram (Arista, 1976)
  • Aspects (Arista, 1976)
  • Two for the Road with Steve Khan (Arista, 1977)
  • Twin House with Philip Catherine (Elektra, 1977)
  • Back Together Again with Alphonse Mouzon (Atlantic, 1977)
  • Difference (Egg, 1978)
  • Better Than Live with the Brubeck Brothers (Direct-Disk Labs, 1978)
  • European Impressions (Arista Novus 1978)
  • At Montreux with Eleventh House (Vanguard, 1978)
  • Standing Ovation: Solo (Mood, 1978)
  • Splendid with Philip Catherine (Elektra, 1978)
  • Return (Vanguard, 1979)
  • Tributaries (Arista Novus, 1979)
  • Live! with Philip Catherine, Steve Kuhn, (Elektra, 1980)
  • Boléro (Philips, 1981)
  • The Larry Coryell/Michael Urbaniak Duo (Keytone, 1982)
  • Scheherazade (Philips, 1982)
  • L'Oiseau de Feu, Petrouchka (Philips, 1983)
  • Facts of Life with Michał Urbaniak (SWS, 1983)
  • Just Like Being Born with Brian Keane (Flying Fish, 1984)
  • Comin' Home (Muse, 1984)
  • Together with Emily Remler (Concord Jazz, 1985)
  • Equipoise (Muse, 1986)
  • Dedicated to Bill Evans and Scott La Faro with Miroslav Vitous (Jazzpoint, 1987)
  • Air Dancing (Jazzpoint, 1988)
  • Toku Do (Muse, 1988)
  • Dragon Gate (Shanachie, 1989)
  • Visions in Blue: Coryell Plays Ravel & Gershwin (Little Major, 1989)
  • Shining Hour (Muse, 1989)
  • American Odyssey (DRG, 1990)
  • Don Lanphere/Larry Coryell (Hep, 1990)
  • Twelve Frets to One Octave (Shanachie, 1991)
  • Live from Bahia (CTI, 1992)
  • Fallen Angel (CTI, 1993)
  • I'll Be Over You (CTI, 1995)
  • Spaces Revisited (Shanachie, 1997)
  • Cause and Effect with Steve Smith, Tom Coster, (Tone Center, 1998)
  • Private Concert (Acoutic Music Records, 1999)
  • Monk, Trane, Miles & Me (HighNote, 1999)
  • From the Ashes with L. Subrahaniam (Water Lily Acoustics, 1999)
  • The Coryells (Chesky, 2000)
  • New High (HighNote, 2000)
  • Moonlight Whispers (Pastels, 2001)
  • Count's Jam Band Reunion with Steve Marcus, Steve Smith, Kai Eckhardt (Tone Center, 2001)
  • Inner Urge (HighNote, 2001)
  • Cedars of Avalon (HighNote, 2002)
  • Tricycles (In+Out, 2003)
  • The Power Trio Live in Chicago (HighNote, 2003)
  • Three Guitars with Badi Assad, John Abercrombie (Chesky, 2003)
  • Electric with Victor Bailey, Lenny White (Chesky, 2005)
  • Traffic with Victor Bailey, Lenny White (Chesky, 2006)
  • Impressions: The New York Sessions (Chesky, 2008)
  • Laid Back & Blues (Rhombus, 2006)
  • Earthquake at the Avalon (In-Akustik, 2009)
  • Montgomery (Patuxent Music, 2011)
  • Larry Coryell with the Wide Hive Players (Wide Hive, 2011)
  • Duality with Kenny Drew Jr. (Random Act, 2011)
  • The Lift (Wide Hive, 2013)
  • Heavy Feel (Wide Hive, 2015)
  • Barefoot Man: Sanpaku (Purple Pyramid, 2016)
  • Seven Secrets with Eleventh House (Savoy, 2016)

With The Free Spirits

  • Out of Sight and Sound (ABC, 1967)
  • Live at the Scene (Sunbeam, 2011)
  • Fuse One, Fuse One (CTI, 1980)
  • Fuse One, Ice (Electric Bird, 1984)

With Fuse One

  • Fuse One (CTI, 1980)
  • Ice (Electric Bird, 1984)

As sideman

With Gary Burton

With Herbie Mann

  • Memphis Underground (Atlantic, 1969)
  • Memphis Two-Step (Embryo, 1971)
  • Mellow (Atlantic, 1981)

With Charles Mingus

  • Three or Four Shades of Blues (Atlantic, 1977)
  • Me Myself An Eye (Atlantic, 1979)
  • Something Like a Bird (Atlantic, 1980)

With Don Sebesky

  • Don Sebesky & the Jazz Rock Syndrome (Verve, 1968)
  • The Distant Galaxy (Verve, 1968)
  • I Remember Bill (RCA Victor, 1998)

With L. Subramaniam

  • Blossom (Crusaders, 1981)
  • Spanish Wave (Milestone, 1983)
  • Mani & Co. (Milestone, 1986)

With others

Videography
  • L. Subramaniam Violin From the Heart (1999) – directed by Jean Henri Meunier (includes a scene of Coryell performing with L. Subramaniam)
  • Meeting of the Spirits /1979 (2003) – live performance in London featuring Coryell, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia
  • Super Guitar Trio and Friends in Concert /1990 (2005) – live performance featuring Coryell, Al Di Meola, and Biréli Lagrène
  • Super Guitar Trio: Live in Montreux /1989 (2007) – live performance featuring Coryell, Al Di Meola, and Biréli Lagrène
  • Three Guitars: Paris Concert /2004 (2012) – live performance featuring Coryell, Badi Assad, and John Abercrombie

Bibliography
  • Coryell, Larry (2007). Improvising: My Life in Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0879308261.

References
  1. Varga, George. "Jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell dies at 73". Webcache.googleusercontent.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. Barth, Joe (2006). Voices in Jazz Guitar. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay. pp. 141–157. ISBN 0786676795.
  3. Keepnews, Peter (February 21, 2017). "Larry Coryell, Guitarist of Fusion Before It Had a Name, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  4. "Goodbye…Larry Coryell, 1943-2017". Elmore Magazine. February 21, 2017.
  5. Unterberger 1998, pg. 329
  6. Coryell, Larry (2007). Improvising: My Life in Music. New York: Hal Leonard. p. 89.
  7. Riggs, Mike (March 19, 2009). "Larry Coryell Power Tri o". Washington City Paper. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  8. Durkee, Cutler (November 13, 1978). "Jazz and Rock Are An Explosive Combination: So Are Guitarist Larry Coryell and Wife Julie". People. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  9. Mandel, Howard (May 17, 2009). "Julie Coryell, jazz author, manager, muse". Jazz Beyond Jazz. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  10. Sisario, Ben (May 28, 2009). "Julie Coryell, Contributor to Jazz-Rock Fusion Scene, Dies at 61". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  11. Cole, Tom; Hart, Otis (February 20, 2017). "Guitarist Larry Coryell, Godfather Of Fusion, Dies At 73". NPR.
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