LARRY CORRELL, along with colleague JOHN McLAUGHLIN, nearly single-handedly redefined the technique and sound of jazz guitar. He brought what amounted to a nearly alien sensibility to jazz electric guitar playing in the 1960s, a hard-edged, cutting tone, phrasing and note-bending that owed as much to blues, rock and even country as it did to earlier, smoother Bop influences. Yet as a true eclectic, armed with a brilliant technique, he is comfortable in nearly every style, covering almost every base from the most decibel-heavy, distortion-laden electric work to the most delicate, soothing, intricate lines on acoustic guitar. On this best-of anthology, Coryell’s crackling up-tempo bursts and engagingly rough-hewn energy give this music a vividness and infectious enthusiasm that should appeal to a wide spectrum of the guitarist’s jazz and fusion fans.
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