Larry Coryell News

Murali Coryell spent years shunning his legacy. With an affinity for languages, he toyed with the idea of becoming a translator or an academic.

Back in the 1960s and '70s, Larry Coryell, left, was one of the guitar gods. His jazz-rock fusion was right up there with Miles Davis, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

A guitar prodigy at 8 years old, Julian Lage was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, "Jules At Eight," while he was jamming with Carlos Santana.

The Larry Coryell Trio plays at 8 tonight at Pisgah Brewing, 150 Eastside Dr. in Black Mountain.

Steve Holt was a child prodigy starting to play piano at the age of four. Born in Montreal Canada, he began his professional career at the age of seventeen - self-taught - playing the clubs in and around Montreal.

If the Detroit International Jazz Festival is a sandwich, today is the meat. With names on today's schedule like The Heath Brothers and Larry Coryell, how can you go wrong? Meegan's recommendations: I'm going to check out a couple old friends and a couple unknowns today.

August 31, 2009 from WDUQ - The Detroit International Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary over the course of four days this coming weekend.

Concerts by jazz guitarists Larry Coryell and Bucky Pizzarelli are among five new shows announced for The Ritz Theater in Newburgh.

On any other night, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny could headline any jazz festival in the world, but Sunday night at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, he was content to play sideman in Gary Burton's reassembled quartet with bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Antonio Sanchez.

The album is Gray's first trio record that has released under his own name, though he has performed on many as a sideman with such players as Larry Coryell and up and coming Chicago artist Zvonimir Tot .

The Gary Burton Quartet has its beginnings in 1967. That was the year bassist Steve Swallow, guitarist Larry Coryell and drummer Roy Haynes joined Gary Burton to form the original group.

What's better than a road trip to jazz? On Memorial Day weekend, May 22-24, the Grand Marais Jazz Festival will return for its sixth year with a lineup worth driving to see: guitarist Larry Coryell, vibist Joe Baione, vocalist Melissa Walker, and Latin percussionist Rolando Matias.