CD reissue of this album from the late jazz great. The Real Great Escape is Larry's eighth album as a leader. This was released in 1973 on the Vanguard label. Steve Marcus is featured on saxophone, Mervin Bronson on bass, Mike Mandel on keyboards, and Harry Wilkinson on drums. It peaked at number 35 on the Jazz Albums chart. Larry Coryell was an American jazz guitarist known as the "Godfather of Fusion". He was one of the pioneers of jazz-fusion with his group The Eleventh House. He recorded numerous albums on the Vanguard label all through the 1970s.