# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-coryell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:59:39.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-coryell"
name: "Larry Coryell"
slug: "larry-coryell"
description: "Larry Coryell was an American jazz guitarist, widely considered the \"godfather of fusion\". Alongside Gábor Szabó, he was a pioneer in melding jazz, country and rock music. Coryell was also a music teacher and a writer, penning a monthly column for Guitar Player magazine from 1977 to 1989. He collaborated with a number of other high-profile musicians, including Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitouš, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Emily Remler, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía, Steve Morse and others."
tagline: "American guitarist (1943–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry-coryell-ffm-001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
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birthDate: "1943-04-02"
deathDate: "2017-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0181700"
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    title: "Корьелл, Ларри"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump