There is probably no such thing as a “great” Larry Coryell album. Even on his better records, the guitarist proved uneven, inconsistent or, more often than not, unable to sustain interest over a full LP. Worse, a bad vocal always threatened to wipe out whatever an otherwise decent Coryell record might promise. Fallen Angel is…
Gabor Szabo – “Nightflight” at 50
The first of the final four studio albums Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo recorded before his untimely death in 1982, Nightflight is also, notably, the penultimate album under his own name to appear in his adopted homeland. It is also a polarizing one, but one that has remarkably gained in stature since its release half a…