Autumn Leaves (Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton, Abercrombie, Scofield, and Tal Farlow)

**West LA Jazz** · 05-26-2015, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by wolflen

an amazing collaboration of influential players..Coryell .. carlton and scofield have taught me so much...glad this is available to see..

You could have spoken those words for me. I wonder how realize how much they've taught complete strangers like myself.

**wolflen** · 05-26-2015, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by West LA Jazz

You could have spoken those words for me. I wonder how realize how much they've taught complete strangers like myself.

hey...and on it goes..sometime I hear.."..thanks man..you showed me some nice riffs..chords etc.." I may be an influence to others without realizing it..I will not play without passion and expression..even for myself..a simple progression can be very melodic and make someone smile..or want to learn to play music..or play it better..

when I teach..I hope it inspires someone to play the best they can..every musician that plays with passion-in some way-changes those that hear the music..bob Dylan played a tune "baby let me follow you down" that he heard from eric von Schmidt (who did not write the song!) eric heard it form someone else..who heard it--and on it goes..thus folk music..and I play it the way I heard Dylan on his album play it..and some hear me play it and want to learn it..and on it goes..

**fep** · 05-26-2015, 06:06 PM

I could listen to this over and over and probably will. Thanks for posting.

I like all of these solos...

Tal - thematic, nice traditional sound
Coryell - Seems to have gotten the crowd really into it
Abercombie - Very jazz hip in a modern way
Sco - Also very jazz hip, outside, dig his rhythmic feel
Carlton - thematic, dynamics inside of dynamics (great job how the rhythmic section brought it down and then brought it up following him), nice build to create a unified statement, both LC's seemed to get the largest crowd response

**AndyV** · 05-26-2015, 09:33 PM

Larry's tremolo riff always struck me as grandstanding (with a healthy dose of sensitive guitar face) - in other words, a canny show biz move in the company of artistically great players - but the comments above make me rethink that. He sure knows how to connect to the crowd.

Here's Misty from the same concert. I've had this on tape for 20 years. Some great playing and though Carlton's bobblehead thing kinda bugs me, yet I suppose he's using his whole body to feel the groove and that's a good thing.

**Average Joe** · 05-27-2015, 03:19 AM

Yeah, Carlton can look kinda dorky, but of I could live with that if I had talent like that.

I actually like what he's doing there. The phrasing in particular do for me. And while I've heard more dyed in the woll jazz players than me claim that his lines aren't hip enough, I think he's got some nice melodicism going

**AndyV** · 05-27-2015, 12:16 PM

I don't mean to sound critical of great players like both Larry's. Both of them are great players. That said, Corey's jazz work never really reaches me but I love his acoustic recordings of Sherazade and The Rite of Spring. I would love to have time-travelled Tal circa 1955 to this concert. The Zen Tal of old age with nothing to prove is still beautiful but "popping and burning" '55 Tal would have left everyone in the dust.

**wolflen** · 05-27-2015, 12:44 PM

think of this concert (?) in context..imagine playing with these guys..a dream team of players and their is conscious respect for each other-not an ego fight of who is better-the Misty take with carlton and tal..Farlow is doing some very tasty chord fills and runs..talk about knowing a tune inside and out..wow..

this was quite a while ago..just saw a Carlton/Rittenour concert in japan..so smooth and tasty..no its not Hard Jazz/Bop..but from a guitar viewpoint..these guys together are scary..check out the UTube of it if you get a chance