Larry Coryell – Master Guitarist – Jazz Rock

 

Photographed By Francis Ing in the 1970's in New York City

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Larry Coryell’s music during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s combined the influences of rock, jazz and eastern music. He formed his own group, The Eleventh House. In 1973, following the break up of his band, Coryell played mainly acoustic guitar, but returned to electric guitar later in the 1980’s. He formed “The Guitar Trio” with jazz-fusion guitarist John McLaughlin and flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia. The group recorded in Europe and released a video recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

In 2007, Coryell published an autobiography titled “Improvising: My Life In Music”

Melanie – Singer, Songwriter, Musician

 Photographed By Francis Ing in New York City 1971

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In the 1960’s, Melanie sang in folk clubs of Greenwich Village and signed her first recording contract in 1966. Her non-conformist approach to the selections of her recordings makes her a new talent to be reckoned with.

Melanie performed at the Woodstock Festival, as well as the Strawberry Fields Festival at Mosport Park, Ontario, the Isle of Wight Festival and the Glastonbury Fayre Festival in England. Her song “Bobo’s Party” reached Number 1 in France; she had a hit in the Netherlands with “Beautiful People”

Melanie had her biggest American hit on the Neighborhood label: the novelty-sounding 1972 number one “Brand New Key” which sold three million copies worldwide and was featured in the 1997 movie “Boogie Nights”

In 1989, she won an Emmy Award for writing the lyrics to “The First Time I Loved Forever”, for the theme song for the TV series “Beauty and the Beast”