I met Larry Coryell at a free jazz festival in Northern Virginia a few years back (have a picture with Larry to prove it). He was so nice and generous with his time. For all of his deserved legend, he has remained a genuinely lovely person. Go Larry Go.
Good to hear you guys again. Good to see you play too as I saw Larry at the El McCombo in 1898. Great show Larry. Your acoustic intro was very special.
Nice. Larry decided to play very clean and gets quite a nice alternative to the classic recorded version. He's such a versatile player - another performance may have seen him turn up the distortion/sustain and rock out to "infinity and beyond" -LOL- but seriously, a great opportunity to see a fantastic guitarist get down with Stanley!
You know, I saw Rite of Strings and Larry opened for them. At he end, Larry did School days with them. I would have rather heard Al di Meola myself (Ray G. is the man too). Larry is considered by some as the godfather of fusion and Stanley has him play I think out of respect to some degree. That is my assumption from seeing them together live.
It's really funny: a couple of years ago, I went to the Britt in SO Oregon and Larry opened up for Rite of Strings. At the close of the show, Larry joined Al, Stanley and Jean-Luc to play "School Days"........it was certainly awesome to watch, but Larry is no spring chicken these days. PS: looks almost like George Duke on keyboards here...
This song rocks, just like those nostalgic skoooool daze!
muzo56281721 9 months ago
I bet they rehearsed thit a bit
Rikk303 1 year ago
@Rikk303 but before Clapton he played with Elton John...
tariksba 10 months ago
@tariksba Which one? No sure what your point is either way...
Rikk303 10 months ago
I met Larry Coryell at a free jazz festival in Northern Virginia a few years back (have a picture with Larry to prove it). He was so nice and generous with his time. For all of his deserved legend, he has remained a genuinely lovely person. Go Larry Go.
chungiemunchin 1 year ago
Grande Larry...Genius!!
MrArgengol 1 year ago
coryell hasn't sounded good, esp on electric, in 30 yrs. can u imagine stern on this, now that would cook
CrunchThyme 2 years ago
Stanley's bass is too low.
baldheadedjohn 2 years ago
Good to hear you guys again. Good to see you play too as I saw Larry at the El McCombo in 1898. Great show Larry. Your acoustic intro was very special.
Cheers,
Robert Seagrove
robertseagrove1 3 years ago
1898?
7zackrys7leany7117 2 years ago
Nice. Larry decided to play very clean and gets quite a nice alternative to the classic recorded version. He's such a versatile player - another performance may have seen him turn up the distortion/sustain and rock out to "infinity and beyond" -LOL- but seriously, a great opportunity to see a fantastic guitarist get down with Stanley!
lagatuda 3 years ago 5
after the gig Larry Coryell is heading out with Tubbs to bust a Miami cocaine ring
jaytay2010 3 years ago 4
Very nice; Larry helps make a great tune even better.
EdTracey347 3 years ago 2
dennis chambers drums
larry is fluid-blows away carton
gomez is very good on album
blormp1 4 years ago
A great vid i have this and watch it continously.Larry coreal is superb and stanley awesome.Thanks for the post.
RYAN2642 4 years ago 2
Ray Gomez is the man for this tune,not Larry Corryel!!
Check him out on schooldays with Stanley!
hugetim 4 years ago
of course Larry is great,but not for this..
This is Ray's turf..
hugetim 4 years ago
You know, I saw Rite of Strings and Larry opened for them. At he end, Larry did School days with them. I would have rather heard Al di Meola myself (Ray G. is the man too). Larry is considered by some as the godfather of fusion and Stanley has him play I think out of respect to some degree. That is my assumption from seeing them together live.
bigbadbob58 4 years ago
Stanley hired Ray for the original version a reason..
He could have had anybody,the biggest names,he had the money to pay and any guitarist would've loved to do it..
al,carlos,jeff...mclaughing..
Stanley decided on Gomez cause he's got the rock,but hip shit along with it..inspired!
of course people have their taste..
Corryel was the man in the real early fusion days,but his blues and rock stuff ain't right..
His acoustic and jazz stuff is his thing really..
hugetim 4 years ago 3
@hugetim really? Good luck you and your ears.
leoosiku 1 year ago
very cool
fusionbassist1 4 years ago
Anyone know who's on percussion? I'm sure he's a Brit.
jh271055 4 years ago
It's Ray Cooper, I believe - and yes, he's English.
deklet 4 years ago
@jh271055 He is Ray Cooper. He was a support member of Eric Clapton.
TekeTekeElekiman 1 year ago
@jh271055 Ray Cooper
fokkenpoepol 8 months ago
It's really funny: a couple of years ago, I went to the Britt in SO Oregon and Larry opened up for Rite of Strings. At the close of the show, Larry joined Al, Stanley and Jean-Luc to play "School Days"........it was certainly awesome to watch, but Larry is no spring chicken these days. PS: looks almost like George Duke on keyboards here...
bigbadbob58 4 years ago
dennis chambers on drums?
feelee15 4 years ago
Yes, it's Dennis.
rafalnitkab 4 years ago