Coryell, Larry
Offering
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

1972 Original. Light Ring Wear. Spare Gentle Edge Wear. Clean Cut Out Hole Coryell, Guitar; Steve Marcus, Soprano sax; Mike mandel, Electric Piano With Fuzz-Wah; Mervin Bronson, Bass; Harry Wilkinson, Drums. "While It's Tempting To Lump This Set In With The Rest Of The Fused-Out Fare Of The Time, Offering Is A Distinctly — And Consciously — More Melodic Record Than Those Issued By Coryell's Contemporaries At The Time. Compositions Such As "Foreplay," With Its Loping Soprano And Keyboard Lines, Stand Apart From Most Of The Miles Davis-Inspired Crowd (Hancock, Corea, Et. Al), And "Ruminations" With Its Knotty, Striated Bop Lines, Comes On Strong From The Middle Of Three Entwining Harmonic Figures To Reach Out And Create A Melodic Framer From The Pathos; Coryell's Solo, Which Is Equal Parts Jimi Hendrix And Sonny Sharrock, Is A Wonderfully Scorching And Elusive Sprite. Beginning With "Scotland I," Which Closes Out Side One, The Jams Get A Bit More Abstract And A Bit More Involved With The Primacy Of Improvisation Without Losing Their Lyrical Sensibilities. Offering Is, In Its Own Way, Every Bit As Strong As The Eleventh House's Debut And Deserves To Be Considered Hand In Hand With It." Thom Jurek, AMG.