Together (Larry Coryell and Emily Remler album)

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Together
Studio album by
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedAugust 1985
StudioCoast Recorders, San Francisco
GenreJazz
Length49:32
LabelConcord Jazz
ProducerCarl E. Jefferson
Larry Coryell chronology
Equipoise
(1985)
Together
(1985)
Le Sacre Du Printemps
(1985)
Emily Remler chronology
Catwalk
(1985)
Together
(1985)
East to Wes
(1988)

Together is a jazz album by the American guitarists Larry Coryell and Emily Remler, released by Concord Jazz in 1985. They recorded it directly to two track the same year.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars. Its review by Scott Yanow says, "This interesting and one-time matchup features Larry Coryell and Emily Remler on a set of guitar duets. It is easy to tell the two players apart, yet their styles were quite complementary. Highlights of the date (which has four standards, Pat Martino's "Gerri's Blues" and two Coryell originals) include "Joy Spring", "How My Heart Sings" and "How Insensitive"."[1]

In The Penguin Guide to Jazz, the reviewers Richard Cook and Brian Morton wrote, "'Together' delivers fulsomely, a warm, approachable album which does not lack for subtleties. Recommended."[2]

Leonard Feather, writing for the Los Angeles Times, called the album "the best guitar duo album of the year", and stated that "Coryell and Remler interact brilliantly".[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Arubian Nights" (Larry Coryell) – 5:50
  2. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) – 5:44
  3. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:27
  4. "How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars) – 5:43
  5. "Six Beats, Six Strings" (Coryell) – 6:57
  6. "Gerri’s Blues" (Pat Martino) – 5:29
  7. "How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 8:27

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review:Together. Retrieved January 13, 2015
  2. ^ a b Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 204.
  4. ^ a b Feather, Leonard (December 1, 1985). "Together: Larry Coryell/Emily Remler. Concord Jazz CJ-289". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Together" (booklet CD- p.4). Larry Coryell - Emily Remler. Concord Records. CCD-4289.
  6. ^ "Jazz Solid". Borys Guitars.