Larry Coryell

American guitarist

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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Works

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  • Blues for Django and Stephane
  • Blues for Django and Stéphane
  • Call to the Higher Consciousness
  • Concerto for Two Jazz Guitars & Symphony Orchestra, arranged for Ensemble ("Sentenza Del Cuore")
  • Crystallization
  • Duality: Nenad's Sonata
  • Fancy Frogs
  • Gemstone File
  • High Love
  • Hong Kong Breeze
  • Introduction to ‘Ruby’
  • Jemin-Eye'n
  • Lines
  • Low-Lee-Tah
  • Mr. C
  • Ms. Julie
  • Oil on Water
  • Reconciliation
  • Rue Gregoire du Tour
  • Sentenza Del Cuore: I. Allegro
  • Sentenza del cuore: II. Interlude
  • Sentenza del cuore: III. Adagio
  • Snowshadows
  • Spaces Revisited
  • Szabodar
  • That’s Rock ’n’ Roll
  • The Acoustic-Tour-Blues
  • The Dragon Gate
  • The Great Escape
  • The Latin One
  • Transparence
  • Zimbabwe