Cedars of Avalon

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Cedars of Avalon
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2002
RecordedDecember 4, 2001
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length58:12
Label HighNote
HCD 7093
Producer Don Sickler
Larry Coryell chronology
Inner Urge
(2001)
Cedars of Avalon
(2002)
The Power Trio Live in Chicago
(2002)

Cedars of Avalon is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 2001 and released on the HighNote label the following year. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In his review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden states "One gets the feeling that the musicians were so comfortable playing together that they were actually a working quartet; the feeling of each track is of first-take freshness while being as close to perfection as possible ... This is yet another outstanding release by Larry Coryell". [3] On All About Jazz, C. Andrew Hovan called it a "most enjoyable mainstream set that might surprise some Coryell fanatics but which will easily please all". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Larry Coryell except where noted

  1. "Cedars of Avalon" – 5:14
  2. "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) – 7:44
  3. "Fantasy in D" (Cedar Walton) – 6:34
  4. "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) – 7:01
  5. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 2:37
  6. "D-Natural Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:28
  7. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 7:29
  8. "Newest Blues" (Walton) – 6:12
  9. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Burke) – 6:11
  10. "Shapes" – 2:42

Personnel

References

  1. Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed December 28, 2018
  2. Larry Coryell discography accessed December 28, 2018
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Larry Coryell – Cedars of Avalon: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 309. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Hovan, C. M. All About Jazz Review, accessed December 28, 2018