Barefoot Boy

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Barefoot Boy
Barefoot Boy cover
Studio album by Larry Coryell
Released 1971
Genre Jazz, Jazz fusion
Length 40:35
Label Flying Dutchman/Atco
Producer Bob Thiele
Professional reviews
Larry Coryell chronology
Fairyland
(1971)
Barefoot Boy
(1971)
Live At The Village Gate
(1971)

Barefoot Boy is Larry Coryell's first and only album for the Flying Dutchman label, a company created by Impulse! Records founder Bob Thiele. The album was produced by Thiele, with production assistance from Lillian Seyfert and engineered by Eddie Kramer. It features a rendition of Gábor Szabó's "Gypsy Queen", which had been recorded the year before by Santana for their album Abraxas.


[edit] Personnel

  • Larry Coryell - guitar
  • Steve Marcus - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Lawrence Killian - conga
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • Harry Wilkinson - percussion
  • Mervin Bronson - bass
  • Michael Mandel - piano


[edit] Track listing

  1. Gypsy Queen (Gábor Szabó) (11:50)
  2. The Great Escape (Larry Coryell) (8:39)
  3. Call To The Higher Consciousness (Larry Coryell) (20:00)

[edit] Single

  • The Great Escape (3:00)/Gypsy Queen (2:58) - Flying Dutchman/Atco FD-26012; released 1971 (U.S.)