Larry Coryell

Billy Cobham is a graduate of John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. Larry Coryell
apparently wishes he'd dreamt the Orchestra up first. Both of their recent albums are
disappointing for similar reasons: Neither takes any chances and both milk a formula familiar
from previous jazz-rock recordings. That formula calls for extensive amplification,
synthesized effects, flashy pyrotechnics, high-speed solos, near-Easternish mod... More >