Larry Coryell Professions : Guitarist Born : April 2, 1943 Died : February 19, 2017 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Larry Coryell Over the years I hope I've become more of a musican and less of a guitarist. Larry Coryell guitarist music years All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way Larry Coryell musician people way And what happened was, it's the same thing an older, more successful writer of ficition might say to a student: write about what you know. And what I knew - of course I knew jazz, but I also knew country, blues and some rock and roll. And that came out. Larry Coryell music writing country There was nothing that I ever did, no conscious effort to do one kind of behavior or another, I can't explain what it was, but I can explain that the thinking of the time was that we didn't want to emulate our heroes. That wasn't kosher. 'Don't try to play the old cliches, play like yourself' - that's what people were saying Larry Coryell music hero thinking People like B.B. King told me I was a `star` and told me I was `the future of blues` - and Buddy Guy, too, ... They told me, `You`re it, son; go on out there. Larry Coryell stars kings son Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular music of the time. Larry Coryell popular-music jazz able Barney Kessel was 'Mr. Guitar,' the foremost jazz guitarist of his generation. He had an amazing imagination, his solos were incredible, he swung his tail off, he was a heck of an arranger and could out-read anybody. Larry Coryell guitar music imagination John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. Larry Coryell jazz use play Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far beyond the pale of the accepted definitions of keyboard competence. Whether on piano or organ, when you hear Bruce Katz you know it's him, unmistakably and uniquely. Larry Coryell piano musical unique Similar Authors Al Di Meola guitarist Albert Collins guitarist Bill Kirchen guitarist Bukka White guitarist Buddy Guy guitarist Buckethead guitarist All Authors
