Larry Coryell& Bombay Jazz

[CJ Shearn]

saw these guys last night, 2 spirited sets. Larry is one of the nicest cats out there, we were talking between sets and he was like "you are like an encyclopedia". He had George Brooks with him on sax, who I noticed played on California bassist Edo Castro's record which I saw at CD Baby and plan to buy soon, I mentioned that and George got this priceless "wow how did you know?" look, great stuff. Listening to Charles Lloyd's "Sangam" which I picked up the other night prepared me very well for this evening of music. One of the highlights tho was Larry's burning blues in 5/4 "Stoppin Short", (he had the audience clap in 3, my poor friend couldn't keep time!) and the encore in 17 "Scotland". I bought the Bombay Jazz disc "Live in London", got it all signed by the band and George Brooks gave me his disc "Summit" for free! cool stuff.

Edited January 27, 2008 by CJ Shearn