Spaces (Infinite)

Larry Coryell · 1970 · Opens Spaces (rec. March 1970, Vanguard), with John McLaughlin, Miroslav Vitouš and Billy Cobham.

Context

Composed by Julie Coryell, "Spaces (Infinite)" opens the album Spaces that Larry Coryell recorded in March 1970 at the Vanguard studios in New York, produced by Daniel Weiss. The track brings together two guitarists, Coryell and John McLaughlin, with Miroslav Vitouš and Billy Cobham. Poorly received on release, the record is sometimes seen as a starting point of jazz fusion: each of its participants went on to found a major group of the genre.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

Sources

• EN: Spaces (Larry Coryell album)

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