Larry Coryel returned to Ididum for another mind-blowing show of jazz guitar gymnastix.
At the end of the show, as Larry stood at the mic and said goodnight to the appreciative Iridium fans, I heard him call my name, as gave me a Shout Out as one of his best students.
With a teacher like him…living, breathing, talking jazz history, any fan of jazz or rock must read his autobiography, ‘Improvising, My Life In Music.’
Did you know Larry was a journalism major? and a record-breaking pole vaulter?
Able to leap complex chords in a single bound!
The non-Larry photo below is of Tommy Doyle, Les Pauls’ guitar tech for the last decade, and wow, what a great guitarist, too.
Larry crashed in my apt a few times when he was in town. This is after a night at the Blue Note.
nice to see a fresh face, cool if we knew who you were.