Biography
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
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Quality Control
2000
Memphis Underground
1969
The Essential Jimi Hendrix (Volume Two)
1979
The Essential Jimi Hendrix
1978
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
1997
Spaces
1970
Offering
1972
Fairyland
1971
The Best Of Herbie Mann
1970
Me Myself An Eye
1979
Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
1977
Coryell
1969
Back Together Again
1977
The Restful Mind
1975
Level One
1975
Introducing The Eleventh House
1974
Barefoot Boy
1971
At The Village Gate
1971
Splendid
1978
Twin-House
1977
Aspects
1976
Venusian Summer
1975
Blues And The Soulful Truth
1972
The Best Of Chico Hamilton
1969
Credited work
1,936 releases · 263 albums · active 1962–2026
- Performance · 5,018
- Other credits · 352
- Production · 93
Studios: Vanguard Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Montreux Jazz Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Eleventh House
- Coryell
- Herbie Mann
- Don Sebesky
- Kazumi Watanabe
- Charles Mingus
- L. Subramaniam