Guitarist Larry Coryell was born on April 2, 1943 in Galveston, Texas, but grew up in the Seattle area playing in local bands as a teenager. After briefly studying journalism at the University of Washington, Coryell moved to New York City to pursue a career in music in 1965. Coryell spent that career in many ways blurring the lines between genres as he incorporated stylistic elements from many musical sources into his performances. Upon his death in 2017 the New York Times said the Coryell “was among the first musicians to bring a rock sound and sensibility to jazz” and that he was a member of “a younger cohort, steeped in the Beatles as well as bebop, [that] was beginning to explore an approach that bridged the stylistic gap. Mr. Coryell, who had grown up listening to a wide range of music, became one of the leaders of that cohort.”

A largely self-taught guitarist, Coryell began his recording career in 1966 with a group called the Free Spirits that included drummer Bob Moses and saxophonist Jim Pepper. He attracted wider attention the following year as a member of Gary Burton’s band that some have called the first jazz-rock band. He began recording as a leader in 1968 and his 1970 album “Spaces” is considered by some a “high water mark of the fusion movement.” Fellow guitarist John McLaughlin plays with Coryell on the record. In 1972 Coryell founded the band the Eleventh House which explored the hardest aspects of the fusion movement.
Throughout the remainder of his life, Larry Coryell would continue to explore musics from various genres and cultures including playing with musicians from India, Brazil and elsewhere. He also regularly switched between acoustic and electric guitar.

Here is a link to Larry Coryell playing with bassist Stanley Clarke in 1991:

"SCHOOL DAYS"