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| Jazz Rock Pioneer Larry Coryell Embarks on Stateside Tour with Strings Attached  Jazz Rock pioneer Larry Coryell is set to tour this spring with Strings Attached—four of the world's finest guitarists whose combined credits represent a Who's Who in Jazz. They'll share the stage in a special program arranged by Coryell featuring veteran guitarists Jimmy Bruno, Joe Cohn, Vic Juris, and Jack Wilkins, and supported by bassist Jon Webber and drummer Steve Williams.TOUR DATES 4/17/2015 Berks Jazz Festival, PA 4/25/2015 StageOne, CT 4/26/2015 Iron Horse, MA 4/30/2015 Blues Alley, DC 5/01/2015 Blues Alley, DC 5/02/2015 Blues Alley, DC 5/03/2015 Blues Alley, DC 5/07/2015 Scullers, MA 7/10/2015 Deer Head Inn, DE 7/14/2015 Blue Note, NY 7/15/2015 Blue Note, NY 7/16/2015 Blue Note, NY 7/17/2015 Blue Note, NY 7/18/2015 Blue Note, NY 7/19/2015 Blue Note, NY ABOUT LARRY CORYELL As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock—perhaps the pioneer in the ears of some—Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the history books. He brought what amounted to a nearly alien sensibility to jazz electric guitar playing in the 1960s, a hard-edged, cutting tone, phrasing and note-bending that owed as much to blues, rock and even country as it did to earlier, smoother bop influences. Yet as a true eclectic, armed with a brilliant technique, he is comfortable in almost every style, covering almost every base from the most decibel-heavy, distortion-laden electric work to the most delicate, soothing, intricate lines on acoustic guitar. Unfortunately, a lot of his most crucial electric work from the '60s and '70s is missing on CD, tied up by the erratic reissue schemes of Vanguard, RCA and other labels, and by jazz-rock's myopically low level of status in the CD era (although that mindset is slowly changing). write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |