Larry Coryell – At The Village Gate (1971)
Vanguard VSD-6573 – Vinyl transferred at 192 khz 32-bit floating point
Most of the Vanguard material that Larry Coryell recorded is pretty distinct from the kind of music he would later become known for. More raw, psychedelic, and bluesy than his later shred-it-to-bits fusion flexing, and with a leaner, more stripped-down sound due do its (mostly) trio format. Is there such a thing as a jazz power trio? If so, I guess that’s what this is. Continue reading