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Fusion collusion
Guitarist Larry Coryell and drummer Alphonse Mouzon reunite their 1970s jazz-fusion group Eleventh House, with some new members and fresh sounds.
By MICHAEL BERRY
Offoffoff.com
At Birdland's new midtown location there isn't a bad seat in the house
and on September 15 and 16 there shouldn't be a bad note in the house
either.
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| LARRY CORYELL'S ELEVENTH HOUSE REUNION BAND | Larry Coryell (guitar)
Julian Coryell (guitar)
Alphonse Mouzon (drums)
Shunzo Ono (trumpet)
Richard Bona (bass).
Related links: Official site | Alphonse Mouzon |
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After a 25-year hiatus, one of the seminal
fusion bands of the 1970s, Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, triumphantly returns to New York. Featuring founding members Larry Coryell and
drummer Alphonse Mouzon along with the new blood of Julian Coryell (guitar),
Richard Bona (bass) and Shunzo Ono (trumpet), Eleventh House is proving to be one
of the few '70s fusion outfits still making a fresh and powerful
musical statement in the '90s.
Although more than half the band is new and the two co-founders
haven't played together in over two decades, during an
August performance at the Blue Note, Eleventh House proved they were
everything they were 25 years ago, and more. Featuring an
eclectic mix of standards, new material and '70s classics like "Spaces" and "Morning of the Carnival," Eleventh House's return is like a
nostalgic trip back to the heyday of fusion with a '90s sensibility.
Both Coryell and Mouzon spent much of the late '80s and early '90s
pursuing musical flirtations with "smooth jazz" resulting in such albums
as Mouzon's "The Survivor" and Coryell's "I'll Be Over You," but don't
expect to hear anything that CD101.9 might embrace with this outfit.
Instead, buckle down for jaw-dropping musicianship on this over-the-top
musical roller-coaster ride led by the man hailed as the godfather of
fusion guitar.
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OCTOBER 12, 1999
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