Larry Coryell and the Brubeck Brothers
1978
Better Than Live
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01. Fire Serpent5:35
02. In The Spanish Mode7:25
03. The Midnight Sailor8:18
04. Mirth4:58
05. The Secret One8:35
06. Just Like Being Born5:39
Drums, Percussion – Danny Brubeck
Electric Bass – Chris Brubeck
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Larry Coryell
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clarinet, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Dgx, Omni] – Darius Brubeck
Larry Coryell and the Brubeck Brothers (keyboardist Darius Brubeck, electric bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck) initially recorded these sessions for Direct Disk, though there is multi-tracking involved, so this isn't actually a direct-to-disc recordings. Like many fusion sessions from the late '70s, this record hasn't stood the test of time particularly well. Coryell's rather pedestrian "Fire Serpent" especially grows tiresome quickly. Not purely a fusion album, Darius Brubeck switches to an acoustic piano for his enchanting "In the Spanish Mode;" the keyboardist also contributed three other songs to the LP. Although hardly essential to fans of Larry Coryell, this long out of print LP will be somewhat hard to find due to the label's relatively short life.
1978
Better Than Live
01. Fire Serpent5:35
02. In The Spanish Mode7:25
03. The Midnight Sailor8:18
04. Mirth4:58
05. The Secret One8:35
06. Just Like Being Born5:39
Drums, Percussion – Danny Brubeck
Electric Bass – Chris Brubeck
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Larry Coryell
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clarinet, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Dgx, Omni] – Darius Brubeck
Larry Coryell and the Brubeck Brothers (keyboardist Darius Brubeck, electric bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck) initially recorded these sessions for Direct Disk, though there is multi-tracking involved, so this isn't actually a direct-to-disc recordings. Like many fusion sessions from the late '70s, this record hasn't stood the test of time particularly well. Coryell's rather pedestrian "Fire Serpent" especially grows tiresome quickly. Not purely a fusion album, Darius Brubeck switches to an acoustic piano for his enchanting "In the Spanish Mode;" the keyboardist also contributed three other songs to the LP. Although hardly essential to fans of Larry Coryell, this long out of print LP will be somewhat hard to find due to the label's relatively short life.
