Legendary guitarist Larry Coryell, who helped pioneer jazz rock, passed away this Sunday (2/19) in his hotel room in NYC. He was 73. Billboard reports that he died in his sleep from natural causes.

The late Larry Coryell, widely hailed as the godfather of jazz fusion, devoted decades to blending jazz improvisation with rock vitality. His influence on guitar technique still cuts across ...

There have been many smoother operators in the world of jazz guitar than Larry Coryell, the brainy rough rider who was a natural-born fusioneer, in the best sense. There have been cleaner technicians ...

When you consider his mercurial youth as a rock ‘n’ roller turned fusion guitarist–a period marked by musical excess as well as energy and craftsmanship–it’s hard not to grin at Larry Coryell’s ...

In 1965, after attending college in Seattle, a 22-year-old Larry Coryell headed to New York. He stopped in Denver first, though, where he heard the organ trio was all the rage. As he made his away ...

Larry Coryell’s Cedars of Avalon (HighNote) has the relaxed vibe of a living room jam, which isn’t surprising given the fact that the participants-Coryell, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Buster ...

THIS ALL-STAR fusion jazz trio's sophomore release has plenty of what listeners have come to expect from guitarist Larry Coryell, bassist Victor Bailey and drummer Lenny White over the years in ...

Legendary guitarist Larry Coryell died Sunday (Feb. 19) at the age of 73 in his New York City hotel room, according to a statement sent to Billboard. By Mary J. DiMeglio Legendary guitarist Larry ...

Over the course of four decades, protofusion guitarist Larry Coryell has made some extraordinarily dynamic music, some extraordinarily unfocused music, and some music that managed to be both at once.

Captured at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, The Power Trio (HighNote)-headed by guitarist Larry Coryell and featuring bassist Larry Gray and drummer Paul Wertico-reflects the best of live recordings, with ...

Jazz-fusion guitarist Larry Coryell has lived a life similar to that of the deceased bebopper Joe Pass. Coryell, like Pass, has always played a fat hollow-body guitar with a honey-drenched sound, even ...

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