Barefoot Boy

by Larry Coryell

Barefoot Boy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Flying Dutchman
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:15
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Roy Haynes, Lawrence Killian, Steve Marcus

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A classic early jazz-rock album from one of the pioneers of the genre. 'Barefoot Boy' is a high-energy session that showcases Larry Coryell's virtuosic guitar playing, which masterfully blends the language of bebop with the sound and fury of rock and roll. The album is a powerful statement from a key figure in the burgeoning fusion movement.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, fusion, improvisation, virtuosic, dynamic

Tracklist

  1. The Great Escape (9:30)
  2. Barefoot Boy (4:15)
  3. Call to the Higher Consciousness (19:30)

Credits

  • Larry Coryell - primary artist, guitar, composed by [comp.]
  • Mervin Bronson - bass
  • Lawrence Killian - congas [conga]
  • Ultura Concepts - design
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • George Piros - lacquer cut by
  • Robert Palmer - liner notes
  • Eddie Kramer - mixed by [sound mixer]
  • Harry Wilkinson - percussion
  • Bob Gruen - photography by [cover & liner photographs]
  • Mike Mandel - piano
  • Lillian Seyfert - producer [assistant producer]
  • Bob Thiele - producer [produced by]
  • Steve Marcus - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Gabor Szabo - composed by [comp.]

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