Barefoot Boy

Barefoot Boy is Larry Coryell's only studio album for the Flying Dutchman label, a company created by Impulse! Records founder Bob Thiele. The album was produced by Thiele with assistance from Lillian Seyfert and engineered by Eddie Kramer. Barefoot Boy was recorded at Electric Ladyland, New York, United States.

For other uses, see Barefoot Boy (disambiguation).
Barefoot Boy
Studio album by
Larry Coryell
Released1971
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York
GenreJazz fusion
Length40:35
LabelFlying Dutchman
ProducerBob Thiele
Larry Coryell chronology
Fairyland
(1971)		 Barefoot Boy
(1971)		 Offering
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)11:50
2."The Great Escape" (Coryell)8:39
3."Call to the Higher Consciousness" (Coryell)20:00

Credits
  • Larry Coryell – guitar
  • Steve Marcus – soprano saxophone (1, 2), tenor saxophone (3)
  • Mike Mandel – piano (3)
  • Mervin Bronson – bass (2, 3)
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Lawrence Killian – conga
  • Harry Wilkinson – percussion


Reception

At AllMusic,[5] critic Jim Newsom writes about Barefoot Boy that:

This recording is a noteworthy example of the possibilities inherent in the early days of fusion, blending the electrifying energy of rock with the improvisational excitement of jazz.

References
  1. Newsom, Jim. "Barefoot Boy – Larry Coryell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Larry Coryell". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306804093. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Jim, Newsom. "Barefoot Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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