The Jazz Guitarist: A Man and His Music (Larry Coryell) 

Somewhere in the early Seventies a girlfriend of mine knocked at my door and walked in with a guy who had a guitar case in his hands. She had met him somewhere in our town Vlissingen in the Netherlands, She had told him that I can play the guitar as well, and so she took him to my house... I did not even recognized him at that moment. He told us, he was playing in a band and that evening he had a gig in " De Piek " a place where I and all the other local hippies used to hang out. Many world famous bands used to play there over the years. The man she took to my house was Larry Coryell !! I couldn't believe my eyes and ears when he told us his name.. OMG there in my house was Larry Coryell !! We played together for one hour or so, because he had to go back to his Hotel. But when he was leaving he invited us to come to the gig. Cool fact is, I remember him telling me on my question, that he never let someone play on his guitar, just before a gig... because I asked him if I could play something on his guitar. There were no cell phones back then in the Seventies so I have no pictures....Only, when he left he forgot his pick in my house.... and I still have it.

LARRY CORYELL,I'll never forget the winter night,in Chicago,Larry dedicated a song 'Pavane' to me,my mother who just passed,he was truly one of the best! And kindest musicians,it showed up in his playing!

As a black guy, I really admire how Larry gives credit to black musicians and acknowledges their innovation with respect to music. I met him many years ago at a jazz club in my hometown of Washington, DC, and in addition to being an accomplished guitar player, he was also a very kind, down-to-earth person. RIP

my heart is heavy at the loss of such a great musician , larry was an inovator

I met Larry back in 2009 in a town north of Orlando at an outdoor show.....the town had a birthday cake for him...We sat at a table right in front of him......what a kind soft spoken man he was....

I have always passed Coryell and now its finally time to educate myself.

Great interview. Larry is really a cool guy. And his knowledge of Music is tremendous.

This is the best interview with a musician ever. What a very cool and generous interviewee. Total absence of ego.

Larry was very generous with this interview. Believe it or not many people know next to nothing about jazz so the audience may have learned something.

I miss Larry so much....

When I first read a Larry Coryell interview, it was out of Guitar Player magazine. I hung on every word he said even though I had absolutely no concept of what he was actually talking about. I was fascinated by him out of the starting gate. Always have been, and always will be. There is nothing like Eleventh House and Larry Coryell. Period.

Still relevant after all these years and good questions from the interviewer.

When Larry plays, at the end...its magic.

Phenomenal musician, a gift to the guitar really .

One of my great inspirations on the guitar, EVER.

Larry put Jazz/Rock on the map.

So cool to hear this. I used to take Wes' and Larry's solos off recordings. I sat for hours and hours in front of the stereo finding the notes.

I adored Larry Coryell this great muscian and guitarist. I'm ever so saddened I never got to see him and Joe Pass when I had the chance in London. It breaks my heart.

Freeze this video as a valuable history intro into jazz. Truly good stuff I never have found anywhere else. Good interviewer. I remember seeing Larry with others playing lead guitar in a documentary. I never ever saw anyone dancing fingers across the fret board like him with his thick black frame glasses. My thought was his fingers were "moving like a crab across the guitar". That impression never left me.

Larry will be playing with a trio in Napa, CA on 1/9/15. Tickets are available, and I'm going. Larry is da bomb!

Professor Coryell -- virtuouso of virtuousi. I saw a Coryell performance in Monterey in which he played blistering runs. And he ends this show -- with an Indian raga in which he makes that 12-string sound like a sitar.

Wow! Thanks so much for posting--great stuff.

Great interview. Sums up the evolution of all western music.

So interesting. The interviewer is asking him to do some quite difficult things. And boy, Coryell does not disappoint.

Nice demonstration of bop using "Whispering" as an example at around 5:12. Good video.

Nice guy. Humble and generous.

Been looking high and low for this, thank god i found it.

Larry Coryell... RIP.

Had my picture taken with him at the Lake Wales Jazz Festival...A great player, and nice guy too!

Wow…..this is gold! Thank you for sharing the wealth! ❤️🎶🎶🍻🇺🇸

First time I've seen a jazz player with a 12 string Ovation.

Fantastic video with a great player.

"OK, I'll do an Indian raga." Truly a world musician. I like that. Honoring a sitar.

Fun to watch, what a great guy and player. And damn, his $1700 12 string in 1987 would be about $3800 today.

I do like the clean Larry.

Thanks for this!

He's the cusp of jazz and rock.

Larry is probably my favourite guitarist, taking things overall. He straddled the most genres that I like and played the things I like to hear. A great musician. Some of his tonal choices were a bit odd at times; like using a 12 string instrument for jazz material. He was incredibly prolific and threw so much at it all, some of it was bound to work slightly better than other bits. A magnificent musical career.

great interview..rip

Great interview. And 25:40 is surprising personally. Im looking for the name of that song for years! Please someone tell me :)

Can anyone tell me what recordings feature..Larry..playing..Indian Ragas on 12 string acoustic...as beautifully played at the end of this ..doc..Thanks.Thank-You for posting.

A Master!

Amazing hair

25:40 Was that "So what" or "diamond girl" by seals and croft?

for todays musicians take note ..Larry...no Ego

From the sound of it, it is hard to believe that that Ovation is an acoustic guitar.

RIP Larry.

anyone know what chat atkins song he is playing at 15:15

I own that guitar in the video.

Badass with a 12 string guitar!

Dig that raga, at the end...

Why can't cameramen film musicians properly. They do closeups of a nose but lag behind in showing the technical work....?????which is what we want to see!!!!!!

Interesting how he mentioned Steve Vai.

good guy👌👌👌😁

cool incorporated...

wow

This is delicious!!!!

0:37

I'm sure Interview Guy learned a lot from Larry's explanation of his 12 string tunings, etc. LOL

@8:22

"Why weren't you born black?" Dumbest question any interviewer ever asked.

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You do realize he's bending and burning licks on a 12 string, right?

RIP

The one big problem i noticed is that he did not mention countries basis in rock and roll, the basic of rock and roll also comes from country music like chet atkins as well, thats what gives it the more major sound mixed with the minor of blues creating rock and roll.

Larry was such a great player. And a great guy. The Ovation guitar, which he is using here....... not so much.

"AL Page" claps on 1 and 3.

The dude really said why aren’t you black? Lmao! What an ignorant goon. Larry was a phenomenal player and extremely innovative.

Larry, why aren't you black ????

Larry Coryell seems like an amazing guy to talk shop with. Al Page comes off as the embodiment of the failed academic who comes off as simultaneously obnoxiously pompous and haplessly inept. I hate to recycle the overused phrase "punchable face" but...

And one last problem i should add is that jazz actually came before blues, so it's not entirely based off of blues.

Larry is very patient in fielding some very, very uninformed questions

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