The Eleventh House was a
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and ke ...
group of the 1970s, led by the guitarist
Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist.
Early life
Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He ...
.
The band was formed in 1972 and disbanded in 1975.
Other members included Mike Mandel (keyboards) and
Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Lee Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 25, 2016) was an American jazz fusion drummer and the owner of Tenacious Records, a label that primarily released Mouzon's recordings. He was a composer, arranger, producer, and actor. He ga ...
(drums).
The band recorded their first album entitled ''
Introducing Eleventh House with Larry Coryell'' in 1973, followed by ''Live in Montreux'' and ''Level One'' in 1974. The final album of their first incarnation, '' Aspects '' was released in 1976.
The band reunited in 2012 for some concerts and recorded a studio album (''Seven Secrets'') prior to Coryell's death on February 19, 2017.
Coryell and Mouzon recorded two studio albums (Back Together Again (Atlantic, 1977) and The 11th House (Pausa, 1985), whose personnel included former The Eleventh House members.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Introducing The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell'' (Vanguard, 1974)
* ''
Level One'' (Arista, 1975)
* ''
Aspects'' (Arista, 1976)
* ''Seven Secrets'' (Savoy, 2017)
Live albums
* ''Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House At Montreux'' (Vanguard, 1978 Recorded July 4, 1974)
* ''Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House January 1975'' (2014)
* ''Live At The Jazz Workshop (July 1975)'' (2015)
* ''The Funky Waltz (Jazz Workshop, Boston 1973)'' (2016)
References
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American jazz ensembles from New York City
Jazz fusion ensembles