Boléro | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Larry Coryell |
Cover: | Larry Coryell Bolero 1981.jpg |
Released: | 1981 |
Recorded: | April 18, 1981 – November 1983 |
Studio: | Tonstudio, Stuttgart, Germany; Scovil Productions, Norwalk, Connecticut |
Genre: | Jazz, jazz fusion |
Label: | String |
Producer: | Gabriel Kleinschmidt, Brian Keane |
Prev Title: | Comin' Home |
Prev Year: | 1979 |
Next Title: | L'Oiseau de Feu, Petrouchka |
Next Year: | 1983 |
Boléro is an album by jazz guitarist Larry Coryell that was released by String Records in 1981. The album was released on CD in 1993 by Evidence and includes the tracks from the LP At the Airport (1983) recorded with guitarist Brian Keane.
AllMusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars.[1] The Penguin Guide review gave 2.5 stars out of 4 and said, "Coryell had already tackled Ravel (and Robert de Visee) on The Restful Mind and it was inevitable that he would add "Boléro" to "Pavane for a Dead Princess". Ravel was a perfectly logical focus for Coryell and he also tackles the prelude from "Le Tombeau De Couperin", lending it an elaborate contrapuntal feel that almost buries the intriguing modal progression that links it to the gypsy and flamenco traditions that intrigue both men."
Coryell performed the "Improvisation on Boléro" at the Guitar Legends Festival in Seville, October 1991.