New High is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1999 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[1][2]

New High
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 11, 2000
RecordedSeptember 10, 1999
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length50:02
LabelHighNote
HCD 7052
ProducerDon Sickler
Larry Coryell chronology
Monk, Trane, Miles & Me
(1999)
New High
(2000)
Inner Urge
(2001)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]

In his review on Allmusic, Stewart Mason states "A better-than-average standards date, Larry Coryell's New High finds the guitarist in a supportive small-combo setting, playing a solid mix of some well-chosen standards and a fine pair of originals. ... Larry Coryell has taken some heat from jazz purists for his too-regular forays into easy listening jazz-pop, but New High is a more-than-respectable piece of solid post-bop".[3] In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson called it " an album that is beautifully played and recorded" noting "the opening moments of this most recent album leave little doubt that he's in a blowing, straightahead frame of mind and in command of an expert combo".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Larry Coryell except where noted

  1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 8:02
  2. "Like Sonny" (John Coltrane) – 5:46
  3. "Funereal" – 5:04
  4. "Ursula" (Harold Land) – 5:48
  5. "John Charles" (Ronnie Mathews) – 7:53
  6. "Spiral Staircase" (Mark Sherman) – 6:49
  7. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 5:25
  8. "New High" – 5:15

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Jazz Depot: HighNote discography. Retrieved December 28, 2018
  2. ^ Larry Coryell discography. Retrieved December 28, 2018
  3. ^ a b Mason, Stewart. Larry Coryell – New High: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Ferguson, J. JazzTimes Review. Retrieved December 28, 2018