Shining Hour

Not to be confused with The Shining Hour or The Shining Hour (play).

Shining Hour is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Muse label.^[1][2]

Shining Hour
Studio album by Larry Coryell
Released	1990
Recorded	October 20, 1989
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:40
Label	Muse MR 5360
Producer	Don Sickler
Larry Coryell chronology
Air Dancing (1988) Shining Hour (1990) American Odyssey (1990)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Larry Coryell will always be best known for arguably being the first fusion guitarist, but his career has been quite wide-ranging ever since the late '60s. On Shining Hour, he mostly sticks to jazz standards ... Coryell, whose playing works well in this (for him) rare setting although he is not really a boppish improviser".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) - 6:30
2. "Apathy Rains" (Brian Torff) – 6:20
3. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:35
4. "Floyd Gets a Gig" (Larry Coryell) – 5:40
5. "The Duke" (Dave Brubeck) – 4:45
6. "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:00
7. "The Sorcerer" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:10
8. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:40

Personnel

• Larry Coryell – guitar
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Buster Williams – bass
• Marvin Smith – drums

References

1. Muse LP series discography: 5350 to 5399 accessed October 11, 2017
2. Muse Records listing, accessed October 11, 2017
3. Yanow, Scott. Larry Coryell: Shining Hour – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.