I saw Larry Coryell live in the summer of '79. It was an accoustic set and it was sweet. My neighbors band warmed up for him so I got to meet and party with him after the show. Such a cool guy.
Larry Coryell was the most ambitious guitarist of all time! When he died (RIP 🙏) he was writing an opera based on "War and Peace"! He would have been the Wagner of the guitar if he had finished it before his untimely passing. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Siamo molto affezionati a questi musicisti che hanno cambiato la prospettiva della musica per chitarra. Grazie a loro questo mondo è più bello e ricco di arte. Grazie
This "Spain" is an unforgettable performance. This video is a part of TV program of a jazz festival held in Japan. At that time, Japan was the second jazz boom. We including TV staff were very excited to see a lot of famous jazz musicians coming to Japan. I was a college student and just started listening to jazz at the time. It was a shocking performance for me. I have recorded it on VHS at the time so I had watched this Spain a lot until the VHS player broke. So I am really happy to watch this video! Thank you!
Al Dimeola was very young when he developed a reputation as a flashy and egocentic gutarist. He is so past all that now and has been for a long time. I suggest that anyone who loves great music to see him perform. He will take the time to sign autographs and visit/chat with everyone that wants to. He is a great man.Very rare. We all learn from our mistakes.
Love Di Meola. technique astounding..written some fantastic stuff...but Coryell my favorite player maybe of all...however these 2 put on one hell of a performance here...with Coryell giving Al a salute on that phrygian run...but Coryell's solo is mind blowing..
larry was great, what a nutcase, never knew what he was going to play, every solo was different, daring, and original. whereas al, who i have great respect for, but if you heard one of his acoustic solos, let's face it.... pretty much heard em' all
Larrys' style reminded me more of John Mc'laughlin. What you're saying there is that Larry never played any solo the same way. Well that's great cause he was inprovising all the time. Larry was Als' idol and, that says it all. They both tswo of the greatest ever but, yah I like Larrys' crazy and, unpredictable style better. Two real great ones together, all that's missing is John or, Paco.
@jduncann3golf: My thoughts exactly. I sat 4 ft away from these guys at a club in north-central Massachusetts back in the 90s, and as technically brilliant as Dimeola is (not that Coryell was a slouch!), it was Mr C's solos I looked forward to. Occasionally he'd overreach, miss a high note at the end of a run - no matter. I heard the note he'd aimed for, not the one he played. Both brilliant players - but Coryell burned a little brighter, I think.
HEY...can we all just get along?? I wrote Al a letter from my high school homeroom (1978) and guess what? he personally answered it with his actual signature. I know that because he addressed specific questions and personally filled out the envelope. Pretentious? i don't think so.
Nice video...The audience is chilling out, having a few beers, smoking cigarettes...You do that today at a jazz concert, you will be kicked out or arrested.
Mclaughlin Owns All. He is so much more talented than everybody else. He can play better than everbody in every way, and he knows everything about music, and can play every type of music.
Larry was Dimeolas teacher in a way, but now Dimeola has outran every guitarist on the planet..he's toooooooo perfect..and way faster, accurate, articurate and complete in every way...but as they say there's no arguing on the taste...just expressing the opinion...another perfect guitarist in his style is David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, but that's another story :)
i have to say, this was an incredible performance of a jazz classic. the video would have been even better, in my opinion, had the cinematographers and film editors focused more on the musicians than everything else going on at the concert. i mean WTF??? these guys were doing some phenomenal stuff... that got left on the cutting room floor because somebody wanted to show that they could cleverly place video in the photos of a newspaper that a guy is reading. puleeze!!!...give me a break!
Both Coryell and DiMeola have some fine things to offer, and both are not without their baggage and issues. DiMeola and his massive ego, along with having difficulty of finding the best material to showcase his talents. Coryell can be a monster of a player, but I saw him perform live a number of times in the 70s and he was wildly inconsistent (substance issues).
@neilraoufsw could'nt help but notice that this was done about 24 years ago. About when you were born. If you don't like this fine but save us your critique.... and the melody thing is called harmony like up a m3rd etc. And yeah they are show boating but these guys made acoustic guitar exciting and you probably have an easier time getting a gig do to guys like Coryell who broke new ground and opened ears.
Just goes to show you that even the most lyrical, smart, and intense players like Coryell, can fall under the spell of competitive wankery. But boy it sure looks like they were having fun!
honestly i always found Al's playing and actidude "cold"....shure he is a precision machine but never touched my soul,plus it seems he likes to confuse his fellows by playing over polyrithmic stuffs rather than comping them in a musical way,great guitar players anyways
Acoustic Fusion. (Chick Corea's masterpiece, inspired by the music of Rodrigo.) Who's the better soloist, who's the better accompanist? What nonsense. Only a fool would ask or debate such a question in the presence of these two. The musical repartee at the very end explains EVERYTHING.
It was written and first recorded by Chick Corea. Larry and Mclaughlin used to improvise over this extensively with the original guitar trio with Paco.
yeah, Al is a great jazz player, blues player, love his walking bass lines, the way he plays a ballad, the way he splits the octave, his intervallic playing,.... just kidding. Al is a fine player and plays his music better than anybody else. But to ramble on about how al is better than all other guitarists; have you thought of doing a stand up act? Comedy aside you are partially correct Al was heavily influenced by Larry. There in one greatest guitarist/musician.
@69MC97gc there are many things to say. How about do you split the octave when you go fast? or are you playing intervalically when you go fast ? Or how about we just not worry about speed and just concern ourselves with what the artist is trying to say.
al's not really a walking rhythm player like Coryell, that's why he sounds a little thin while Coryell plays lead, but their styles do complement each other and they have rock and roll heart.
Everybody hating on Al just like everybody hates on neil peart in the drum world oh steve gadd is more technical but listen to steves solos I rather watch flies fuck.You know what technical equals boring
懐かしい。これ見に行ったときはまだ中学生だったなぁ。。マイルスも元気に赤いトランペットで尖ってて、人生を変えたライブでした。ありがとうございます。
Five stars to Larry Coryell. He shows here how far and high his imagination flies. Great guitarist and artist.
I saw Larry Coryell live in the summer of '79. It was an accoustic set and it was sweet. My neighbors band warmed up for him so I got to meet and party with him after the show. Such a cool guy.
Larry Coryell was the most ambitious guitarist of all time! When he died (RIP 🙏) he was writing an opera based on "War and Peace"!
He would have been the Wagner of the guitar if he had finished it before his untimely passing. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Siamo molto affezionati a questi musicisti che hanno cambiato la prospettiva della musica per chitarra. Grazie a loro questo mondo è più bello e ricco di arte. Grazie
Larry's comping is superb.
This "Spain" is an unforgettable performance.
This video is a part of TV program of a jazz festival held in Japan. At that time, Japan was the second jazz boom. We including TV staff were very excited to see a lot of famous jazz musicians coming to Japan.
I was a college student and just started listening to jazz at the time. It was a shocking performance for me. I have recorded it on VHS at the time so I had watched this Spain a lot until the VHS player broke.
So I am really happy to watch this video! Thank you!
Al Dimeola was very young when he developed a reputation as a flashy and egocentic gutarist.
He is so past all that now and has been for a long time.
I suggest that anyone who loves great music to see him perform. He will take the time to sign autographs and visit/chat with everyone that wants to.
He is a great man.Very rare.
We all learn from our mistakes.
Second this comment. Al has grown up a lot since this.
Great music. I like how this video promotes beer, smoking, and the music festival. Old school shit. The music.... that will never die.
They're both great in their own way guys. No sense in arguing.
Coryell is actually a God sent to earth in a human form..!
These musicians are exceptional.
Agreed. Larry plays great chords, and Al drops the ball when it's Larry's turn to solo.
Al might be fast but Larry is the Master
ラリーコリエルは雑
Larry Coryell...Maestro.
Oh that sounds so wonderful.
Love Di Meola. technique astounding..written some fantastic stuff...but Coryell my favorite player maybe of all...however these 2 put on one hell of a performance here...with Coryell giving Al a salute on that phrygian run...but Coryell's solo is mind blowing..
Larry Coryell was a master. As is Al Dimeola
Nobody was better than Larry Coryell!
very good job and great video..5 stars!!
The counterpoint is won Meola!!. Exquisite part of the great Chick Corea to soon visit my city, Bogotá
Just great!
sweet guitars...played by the masters.
二人の友情、感じます。
コリエル、演奏技術より感情表現しないで何があるのか。
音符に表せない、自分の言葉が伝わります。
Larry Coryell is amazing! Have you heard Larry's son Julian Coryell? He plays isin another cool guitar trio called Line Forms Hear. Good musical DNA!
I love this ... it's chops, sure, but it also resonates as being musical to me. wow
Wonderful!!
Greatness.................
SUPER!!!!!!!!!!
DiMeola, the king of shred
Awesome ending!
Dam straight Coryell is a guitar g=od-one of America's finest - bar none.
fantastis & romantise all day
Di Meola looks like a 90's rocker with that headband and no mustache.
2 greats but Larry won that contest.
larry was great, what a nutcase, never knew what he was going to play, every solo was different, daring, and original. whereas al, who i have great respect for, but if you heard one of his acoustic solos, let's face it.... pretty much heard em' all
Larrys' style reminded me more of John Mc'laughlin. What you're saying there is that Larry never played any solo the same way. Well that's great cause he was inprovising all the time. Larry was Als' idol and, that says it all. They both tswo of the greatest ever but, yah I like Larrys' crazy and, unpredictable style better. Two real great ones together, all that's missing is John or, Paco.
@jduncann3golf: My thoughts exactly. I sat 4 ft away from these guys at a club in north-central Massachusetts back in the 90s, and as technically brilliant as Dimeola is (not that Coryell was a slouch!), it was Mr C's solos I looked forward to. Occasionally he'd overreach, miss a high note at the end of a run - no matter. I heard the note he'd aimed for, not the one he played. Both brilliant players - but Coryell burned a little brighter, I think.
HEY...can we all just get along?? I wrote Al a letter from my high school homeroom (1978) and guess what? he personally answered it with his actual signature. I know that because he addressed specific questions and personally filled out the envelope. Pretentious? i don't think so.
so much emotion and people just watched like there is nothing...(not to mention the sleeping guy)
3:29 Heineken man approves of your video
historic super play!!!
very artistic.....imbedding the concert into a billboard....a printed program....and a can of beer.
Very 1980s
Anyone speak English?
Hello, we are Larry and Al, and we will divide by zero
二人とも神やな
I never heard Larry Coryell play this fast on the recordings he made during the sixties. Could he play like this back then too?
yes
I'm getting this sheet music
Nice video...The audience is chilling out, having a few beers, smoking cigarettes...You do that today at a jazz concert, you will be kicked out or arrested.
💛🏵️🌳☺️
the binoculars thing is hysterical.
Mclaughlin Owns All. He is so much more talented than everybody else. He can play better than everbody in every way, and he knows everything about music, and can play every type of music.
Chick Corea gave so much to the world....And both of them are.....u know what...
smokin' : )))
omfg @ the crowed clapping all the way through !
This is why it's called PLAYING!
wow did Corryell play this fast already back in 1963? there were almost no one that did the speedpicking thing back then
Larry was Dimeolas teacher in a way, but now Dimeola has outran every guitarist on the planet..he's toooooooo perfect..and way faster, accurate, articurate and complete in every way...but as they say there's no arguing on the taste...just expressing the opinion...another perfect guitarist in his style is David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, but that's another story :)
Go to the video "not out of Africa" by ellasAZ!
Besides the music, the highlight is the man with the Heinekin
The name of the song is Spain.
You need to grow up before you can comment on anything.
These guys are a total class act on and off stage.
Al having a hard time keeping up, Larry Cornell at peak power.
@Rycon973 brutal yet hilarious
i have to say, this was an incredible performance of a jazz classic. the video would have been even better, in my opinion, had the cinematographers and film editors focused more on the musicians than everything else going on at the concert. i mean WTF??? these guys were doing some phenomenal stuff... that got left on the cutting room floor because somebody wanted to show that they could cleverly place video in the photos of a newspaper that a guy is reading. puleeze!!!...give me a break!
Both Coryell and DiMeola have some fine things to offer, and both are not without their baggage and issues. DiMeola and his massive ego, along with having difficulty of finding the best material to showcase his talents. Coryell can be a monster of a player, but I saw him perform live a number of times in the 70s and he was wildly inconsistent (substance issues).
i love that part from 00:45 - 00:57
Larry is the smarter player to me.
🔺😉🛑💐
@neilraoufsw could'nt help but notice that this was done about 24 years ago. About when you were born. If you don't like this fine but save us your critique.... and the melody thing is called harmony like up a m3rd etc. And yeah they are show boating but these guys made acoustic guitar exciting and you probably have an easier time getting a gig do to guys like Coryell who broke new ground and opened ears.
They add in an extra beat before the G maj7 at 0.15 0.45 ...I'm not sure whether they do it on purpose
こちらの場所場所はどちらになりますか？
知ってらっしゃる方いましたら教えてください。
よみうりランド内オープンシアターEASTです。
Just goes to show you that even the most lyrical, smart, and intense players like Coryell, can fall under the spell of competitive wankery. But boy it sure looks like they were having fun!
Nice one 8:03 :)
@DiatonicSoul no! Technique is a many faceted tool. Larry has many more facets. And by the way this is 24 years ago.
honestly i always found Al's playing and actidude "cold"....shure he is a precision machine but never touched my soul,plus it seems he likes to confuse his fellows by playing over polyrithmic stuffs rather than comping them in a musical way,great guitar players anyways
@DandyBlues Jesus is the bread that satisfies the soul, so that the soul hungers no longer.
:) these guys are good though :)
Acoustic Fusion.
(Chick Corea's masterpiece, inspired by the music of Rodrigo.)
Who's the better soloist, who's the better accompanist?
What nonsense.
Only a fool would ask or debate such a question in the presence of these two.
The musical repartee at the very end explains EVERYTHING.
I like ice cream!
これは大阪万博公園の映像でしょうか？
よみうりランド内オープンシアターEASTです。
3:25-3:30, Funniest stuff ever.
I can write for you any sheet music
For a moment thought Al was Alex Van Halen
Who originally composed spain? i've seen alot of vids titled spain by dimeola or mclaughlin but i think this is a corea song.
It was written and first recorded by Chick Corea. Larry and Mclaughlin used to improvise over this extensively with the original guitar trio with Paco.
@@Reanimatorhead it took 13 years, but somebody finally answered my question. thanks man.
@@Kinshasa9200 lol..I somehow stumbled upon this and saw one of my other comments listed 9 years ago
al 7:30 brividi ogni volta
Point with Al is that he's surrounding himself often with great jazz players, but he isn't one himself. That's both his weakness and strength.
i was wondering why al was wearing the bandana and then i realised he just didnt want his toop hinging.
yeah, Al is a great jazz player, blues player, love his walking bass lines, the way he plays a ballad, the way he splits the octave, his intervallic playing,.... just kidding. Al is a fine player and plays his music better than anybody else. But to ramble on about how al is better than all other guitarists; have you thought of doing a stand up act? Comedy aside you are partially correct Al was heavily influenced by Larry. There in one greatest guitarist/musician.
I have lots of discs from both, and honestly don't think Dimeola has ever played a solo half as interesting as one of Larry's
wow. we all know meola is lightning fast. but we didn't expect coryell to beat him in style AND speed! :)))
WROOONG. DiMeola handed Coryell his ass to him. Coryell is his usual sloppy self.
@69MC97gc there are many things to say. How about do you split the octave when you go fast? or are you playing intervalically when you go fast ? Or how about we just not worry about speed and just concern ourselves with what the artist is trying to say.
Whoever directed this video was on some serious drugs. C'mon! ow hard is it to show 2 guys playing acoustic guitars!
@Matara LOL!
are you going to Return To Forever tour ?
al's not really a walking rhythm player like Coryell, that's why he sounds a little thin while Coryell plays lead, but their styles do complement each other and they have rock and roll heart.
86年当時の若者の指向性がわかるクリップだ。
今同じレベルの演奏会があってもこんなに大勢は集まらない。
アイドル女子モノなら集まるが。
あんたはえらいよ
this wouldn't happen to be sponsored by Heineken
01:40
was this on an album??
Al Di Meola is the Yngwie of jazz.
...and that's not a compliment.
6:38 guy sleeping on Larry's hottest solo section :D
@mehulpanditful no- what?
Everybody hating on Al just like everybody hates on neil peart in the drum world oh steve gadd is more technical but listen to steves solos I rather watch flies fuck.You know what technical equals boring
@DandyBlues
sadomasochism (is that spelled correctly?)