title: Barefoot Boy
text: # Barefoot Boy
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Christgau's Record Guide | B+ |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Barefoot Boy is Larry Coryell's only studio album for the Flying Dutchman label, a company created by Impulse! Records founder Bob Thiele. The album was produced by Thiele with assistance from Lillian Seyfert and engineered by Eddie Kramer. Barefoot Boy was recorded at Electric Ladyland, New York, United States.
  
  ## Credits
  
  * Larry Coryell – guitar
  * Steve Marcus – soprano saxophone (1, 2), tenor saxophone (3)
  * Mike Mandel – piano (3)
  * Mervin Bronson – bass (2, 3)
  * Roy Haynes – drums
  * Lawrence Killian – conga
  * Harry Wilkinson – percussion
  * Bob Thiele – producer
  * Lillian Seyfert – assistant producer
  * Eddie Kramer – sound mixer
  * Bob Palmer – liner notes
  * Bob Gruen – cover & liner photographs
  
  ## Reception
  
  At AllMusic, critic Jim Newsom writes about Barefoot Boy that:
  
     This recording is a noteworthy example of the possibilities inherent in the early days of fusion, blending the electrifying energy of rock with the improvisational excitement of jazz.
  