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Larry Coryell<\/b> (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III<\/b>; April 2, 1943 \u2013 February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist<\/a> known as the “Godfather of Fusion<\/a>“.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Larry Coryell was born in Galveston<\/a>, Texas. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He was raised by his stepfather Gene, a chemical engineer, and his mother Cora, who encouraged him to learn piano when he was four years old.<\/sup><\/p>\n

In his teens he switched to guitar. After his family moved to Richland<\/a>, Washington, he took lessons from a teacher who lent him albums by Les Paul<\/a>, Johnny Smith<\/a>, Barney Kessel<\/a>, and Tal Farlow<\/a>. When asked what jazz guitar albums influenced him, Coryell cited On View at the Five Spot<\/i> by Kenny Burrell<\/a>, Red Norvo with Strings<\/i>, and The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery<\/a><\/i>. He liked blues and pop music and tried to play jazz when he was eighteen. He said that hearing Wes Montgomery<\/a> changed his life.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Coryell graduated from Richland High School<\/a>, where he played in local bands the Jailers, the Rumblers, the Royals, and the Flames. He also played with the Checkers from Yakima<\/a>. He then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington<\/a>.<\/sup><\/p>\n

In September 1965, Coryell moved to New York City, where he attended Mannes School of Music<\/a>.<\/sup> After moving to New York, he listened to classical composers such as Bart\u00f3k<\/a>, Debussy<\/a>, Ravel<\/a>, Stravinsky<\/a>, and Shostakovich<\/a>.<\/sup><\/p>\n

He replaced guitarist G\u00e1bor Szab\u00f3<\/a> in Chico Hamilton<\/a>‘s quintet. In 1967\u201368, he recorded with Gary Burton<\/a>. During the mid-1960s he played with the Free Spirits<\/a>,<\/sup> his first recorded band. His music during the late-1960s and early-1970s combined rock<\/a>, jazz, and eastern music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He married three times during his life. First to writer-actress Julie Nathanson, daughter of actress Carol Bruce<\/a>.<\/sup> She appeared on the cover of his albums, Lady Coryell<\/a><\/i>, Larry Coryell at the Village Gate<\/a><\/i>, and The Lion and the Ram<\/a><\/i> and wrote the book Jazz-Rock Fusion<\/i> based on interviews with musicians such as Chick Corea<\/a> and John McLaughlin.<\/a><\/p>\n