Larry Heard

Larry Young - Groove Street (1962) {Prestige New Jazz OJCCD-1853-2 rel 1994}
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© 1962, 1994 Prestige New Jazz / Fantasy | OJCCD-1853-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Organ

Larry Young's third and final Prestige recording (reissued in the OJC series on CD) concludes his early period; he would next record as a leader two and a half years later on Blue Note, by which time his style would be much more original. For his 1962 outing, Young is joined by the obscure tenor Bill Leslie, guitarist Thornel Schwartz and drummer Jimmie Smith for some original blues and two standards ("I Found a New Baby" and "Sweet Lorraine"). Nothing all that substantial occurs, but fans of Jimmy Smith will enjoy the similar style that Larry Young had at the time.

This live set is one of Larry Carlton's best recordings because the guitarist stretches himself. Joined by keyboardist Terry Trotter, bassist Abraham Laboriel, drummer John Robinson and percussionist Alex Acuna (and an occasional three-piece horn section), Carlton plays five- to eight-minute versions of four originals (including "The B.P. Blues"), plus Miles Davis's "So What" and "All Blues." Recorded at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood in California, Carlton is heard throughout at his very best, making one wonder why he has recorded so few albums of a similar spontaneous nature in his career.

Larry Vuckovich - Blue Balkan Then and Now (2002) {Tetrachord Music rec 1980, 2001}
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© 1980, 2002 Tetrachord Music / Inner City | [None] / IC-1096
Jazz / Modal Music / Folk Jazz / Neo-Bop / Piano

Pianist Larry Vuckovich revisits his landmark 1980 recording on this combined reissue and new release. Prefiguring the much-lauded work of Dave Douglas and the Tiny Bell Trio, guitarist Brad Shepik, and even John Zorn, the Yugoslavian-born Vuckovich combines the ethnic melodies and rhythms from his native Balkans with modal jazz. Never as avant-garde as his contemporaries, Vuckovich nonetheless pushes the boundaries of both jazz and folk styles. The original tracks featured the brilliant vibe playing of Bobby Hutcherson, who unfortunately does not reprise his role on the four new pieces.

Larry Young - Into Somethin' (1964) {Blue Note Japan SHM-CD UCCQ-5063 rel 2014} (24-192 remaster)
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© 1964, 2014 Universal Japan / Blue Note | BN 75th The Masterworks | UCCQ-5063
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Organ

Reissue. Features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD player) and the latest 24bit 192kHz remastering. An incredible album from the man that changed the way the world hears the Hammond! This album was Larry Young's first for Blue Note – and it's a mindblowing batch of tunes that push the organ into realms that had never been heard of in jazz. Young's got a real penchant for a modal groove – no doubt inspired by his friend and sometimes collaborator John Coltrane – and he's working here with a totally hip group that includes Sam Rivers, Grant Green, and Elvin Jones.

Much of Larry Coryell's work is as difficult to find as it is to categorize – the man seemed to have spent the late '70s and early '80s making albums for anyone who could come up with a microphone and a tape recorder. That said, it's surprising how high the quality level is on most of these releases. Bolero/Scheherazade is one of the most difficult, as it seems to have been released only in Germany and Japan. The album's obscurity may have something to do with the fact that it is confusingly named; Larry Coryell released an album two years before called Bolero, which has nothing to do with this CD. The "Bolero" on that album was a short, improvised piece composed by Coryell, while the one featured here is a reworking of the classic by Maurice Ravel.

Larry Coryell & Hariprasad Chaurasia - Music Without Boundaries (2000) {Navras Records NRCD6001 rec 1998}
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© 2000 Navras Records | NRCD 6001
Jazz / Indian Classical / World Fusion / Indian Subcontinent Traditions / Raga

This ear-opening CD was released at a Barbican Centre concert on 14 July 2000, reviewed by S&H. Navras Records has played an important part in making the Indian classical music idiom in all its wealth and complexity available for concentrated home listening. Music Without Boundaries addresses itself to an urban jet-setting age in which for very many people cultural interchanges are the norm on a daily basis. The Music Without Boundaries CD newly available came from a live recording of a concert in San Francisco in 1998, and features many of the players heard at The Barbican. It captures the excitement generated by an exhilarating and virtuosic cross-over concert in West-Coast USA.

Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want (1972) {with Larry Young}
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© 1972, 1997 New Jazz | NJC-001
Jazz / Fusion / Groove

This is one crazy, brilliant record. A trio composed of the inventor/guitarist Nicholas, who only ever went by his first name, drummer and steel guitarist Joe Gallivan, and the late organist Larry Young yielded one of the most intense, freewheeling, and visionary records ever to come out of the '70s fusion era – even though it took until the 1990s to get released. Nicholas played not only electric guitar, but a prototype synthesizer guitar (he and the Electronic Music Laboratories created and patented the synth guitar) and used a ring modulator as well, adding to the textural and sonic possibilities of Young's already groundbreaking organ sounds.