those proggy style overkill solos that just make me take the record off.
dropped in to listen to
Groovy rhythm section with Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie, but as soon as I heard the guitar, I was like, "aw, this is the type of record I'd buy but never listen to".
Major on this record. I can never find a clean enough copy though, everyone I've come up on is snap crackle pop.
Coryell is not to be overlooked though, I just think that the supporting cast on most of his records is pretty weak. I mean studio guys for Vanguard vs. dudes for Skye and Verve? Are you kidding me?
Coryell is not to be overlooked though, I just think that the supporting cast on most of his records is pretty weak. I mean studio guys for Vanguard vs. dudes for Skye and Verve? Are you kidding me?
Coryell's accompaniment on his first 3 albums for Vanguard:
Bobby Moses, drums Elvin Jones, drums Jimmy Garrison, bass Bernard Purdie, drums Albert Stinson, bass Ron Carter, bass Chuck Rainey, bass Jim Pepper, flute John McLaughlin, guitar Chick Corea, electric piano Miroslav Vitous, bass Billy Cobham, drums Chuck Rainey, bass Pretty Purdie, drums
And that Eleventh House lineup is sick, with he-who-cannot-be -named-on-Soul-Strut on drums ...
... if anything, the problem with Coryell's albums is Coryell, who has trouble laying back and letting shit just groove. And his vocal tracks are a nightmare.
Coryell is not to be overlooked though, I just think that the supporting cast on most of his records is pretty weak. I mean studio guys for Vanguard vs. dudes for Skye and Verve? Are you kidding me?
Coryell's accompaniment on his first 3 albums for Vanguard:
Bobby Moses, drums Elvin Jones, drums Jimmy Garrison, bass Bernard Purdie, drums Albert Stinson, bass Ron Carter, bass Chuck Rainey, bass Jim Pepper, flute John McLaughlin, guitar Chick Corea, electric piano Miroslav Vitous, bass Billy Cobham, drums Chuck Rainey, bass Pretty Purdie, drums
And that Eleventh House lineup is sick, with he-who-cannot-be -named-on-Soul-Strut on drums ...
I shut up now. I don't have those first two, and the players later on go downhill. Not to say all those guys are my favorites, but I need to get up on the Cobham, Elvin Jones, and Purdie joints pronto.
That album Coryell cut with his old rock band the Free Spirits is totally off-the-chain. Hard to believe that jazz-rock was a good idea once, although I remember reading somewhere that all or some of the band members wished they could have stretched out more (the songs are experimental, yet short enough that they could have been played on Top 40 stations...maybe that's why this elpee is so good, because they don't wear out their welcome???). It's been reissued recently, check it out.
I recently downsized my large collection of Coryell albums to 'Basics' ('76 issue of unreleased '69 sessions), 'Coryell', 'Barefoot Boy' and my favourite 'The Real Great Escape'
The rest of his stuff I had was terrible.
Only have 'The Rambler' by Gabor but checking for those earlier LPs. Some of his output is truly tepid orchestral schmaltz of the worst kind though
Gabor is tight, those impulse sessions with Chico at the head are some of my favorite records, and one of those early digging memories where shit just clicked together and I tastes were developed, esp when he penned the song
also on that gypsy guitar tip, i'm a big fan of this album.....
.....can't figure out how to get a picture in my post from my phone, but it's Attila Zoller gypsy cry on embryo
Start off with this album and you will see the light:
Diplo's review for Turntable Lab
In the country of Hungary, they still have traveling Gypsies snd shit. The go around on Vespa's and play sitars now, but they are still all about the free spirited musicianship and mack mode, as Gabor demonstrates. It is the kind of music that sll the hot English girls that over did the mascara had sex to in the sixties. Just cool type shit. Like you gotta be sitting in a cafe' with a goatee and a sunglasses on to really feel the effects. Gabor has some very listenable records on Impulse. I love his stuff, very melodic with his hungarian ethnic music steeze coming though somehow. He is usually playing guitar real well, but here he picks up the sitar and can't stop getting loose. This record is a jazz dance super sitar Bernard Purdie on drums type record, with a bunch of spiritual Krsna song titles. I ate Krsna food at a rainbow gathering once so I can bob my head to this record and Rasa on the regular. You don't even know rock and roll until you have heard "Paint it Black" on a sitar.
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Hey,
I like "Spaces" from Larry Coryell, though I'd pick Gabor Szabo in the comparison. Here is my joint off of "Spaces" (which I also freaked on the beat tip years ago):
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Well, I just thought...jazz guitar v. jazz guitar...nuff said.
But clearly, the lines are drawn...you either like SMOOTH-ASS MILQUETOAST or THE PROG ACE FREHLEY.
He had both.
i always found this dollarbincommonECMschitt enjoyable:
damn, i thought i deleted that one.
Naw, that's bullshit, yo.
dropped in to listen to
Groovy rhythm section with Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie, but as soon as I heard the guitar, I was like, "aw, this is the type of record I'd buy but never listen to".
Major
Coryell is not to be overlooked though, I just think that the supporting cast on most of his records is pretty weak. I mean studio guys for Vanguard vs. dudes for Skye and Verve? Are you kidding me?
Coryell's accompaniment on his first 3 albums for Vanguard:
Bobby Moses, drums
Elvin Jones, drums
Jimmy Garrison, bass
Bernard Purdie, drums
Albert Stinson, bass
Ron Carter, bass
Chuck Rainey, bass
Jim Pepper, flute
John McLaughlin, guitar
Chick Corea, electric piano
Miroslav Vitous, bass
Billy Cobham, drums
Chuck Rainey, bass
Pretty Purdie, drums
And that Eleventh House lineup is sick, with he-who-cannot-be
-named-on-Soul-Strut on drums ...
... if anything, the problem with Coryell's albums is
Coryell, who has trouble laying back and letting shit just
groove. And his vocal tracks are a nightmare.
I shut up now. I don't have those first two, and the players later on go downhill. Not to say all those guys are my favorites, but I need to get up on the Cobham, Elvin Jones, and Purdie joints pronto.
great escape!
whats the deal?
btw gabor is killing coyrell. too much noodling, not enough heart.
Coryell is much more fusion, though I find his earlier records like his self titled and Barefoot Boy more blues , jazz , rock.
Morning Sickness will always be my cut... mostly for Bernie Purdie's drum work.
And the Great Escape is another jam....
The rest of his stuff I had was terrible.
Only have 'The Rambler' by Gabor but checking for those earlier LPs. Some of his output is truly tepid orchestral schmaltz of the worst kind though
my verdict = A TIE
also on that gypsy guitar tip, i'm a big fan of this album.....
.....can't figure out how to get a picture in my post from my phone, but it's Attila Zoller gypsy cry on embryo
Start off with this album and you will see the light:
Diplo's review for Turntable Lab
In the country of Hungary, they still have traveling Gypsies snd shit. The go around on Vespa's and play sitars now, but they are still all about the free spirited musicianship and mack mode, as Gabor demonstrates. It is the kind of music that sll the hot English girls that over did the mascara had sex to in the sixties. Just cool type shit. Like you gotta be sitting in a cafe' with a goatee and a sunglasses on to really feel the effects. Gabor has some very listenable records on Impulse. I love his stuff, very melodic with his hungarian ethnic music steeze coming though somehow. He is usually playing guitar real well, but here he picks up the sitar and can't stop getting loose. This record is a jazz dance super sitar Bernard Purdie on drums type record, with a bunch of spiritual Krsna song titles. I ate Krsna food at a rainbow gathering once so I can bob my head to this record and Rasa on the regular. You don't even know rock and roll until you have heard "Paint it Black" on a sitar.
I like "Spaces" from Larry Coryell, though I'd pick Gabor Szabo in the comparison. Here is my joint off of "Spaces" (which I also freaked on the beat tip years ago):
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak