The Real Great Escape

by Larry Coryell

Overview

A disappointment, this was Larry Coryell's attempt to move beyond the jazz audience into the pop
ock arena. Unfortunately, Coryell can't sing, though he gives it a valiant attempt on these songs. The band is augmented by horn charts on some of the tracks, Steve Marcus plays a couple of smoking sax solos, and there are glimpses of Coryell's guitar ability, but the music isn't very good. The Real Great Escape kinda sounds like Dreams, another band of jazzers whose foray into rock didn't work very well. It should be skipped by all but the Coryell completist. It is surely an album the guitarist himself would just as soon forget.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2018
Label:	Wounded Bird Records
UPC:	0664140932920
catalogNumber:	9329
Rank:	35470

Tracks

1. The Real Great Escape
2. Are You Too Clever
3. Love Life's Offering
4. Makes Me Wanna Shout
5. All My Love's Laughter
6. Scotland
7. P.F. Sloan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Larry Coryell   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,ARP
Steve Marcus   Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone
Mike Mandel   Piano,ARP
Mervin Bronson   Bass
Julie Coryell   Vocals
Earl DeRouen   Conga
Harry Wilkenson   Drums

Technical Credits

Larry Coryell   Composer
Julie Coryell   Composer
Danny Weiss   Producer
Bryan Wells   Horn Arrangements
Jim Webb   Composer