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Finely Tuned Elephant, Federico Malaman, Christian Frentzen, Kam Falk, Senri Kawaguchi

by Len Davis
September 20, 2026

From Ottawa, Finely Tuned Elephant bring some seriously good fusion, then Italian bassist Federico Malaman joins Frank Gambale, and German keyboardist Christian Frentzen teams up with Nir Felder. Producer and keyboard player Kam Falk joins drummer John Favicchia, while Japanese Drummer Senri Kawaguchi is captured live at Blues Alley. Also from Japan, cellist Mariko Muranaka teams up with Marco Minnemann, and Russian violinist Anna Rakita joins French guitarist Nguyen Le. Stick Men bring some progressive sounds, while Stanley Clarke revisits ...

Album Review

Chick Corea: Sometime Ago

Read "Sometime Ago" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
July 30, 2026

Everyone listening to Sometime Ago, a previously unheard deep dive into solo Chick Corea, is hereby pardoned and excused if at first Sometime Ago is mistaken for a previously unreleased (or unremembered) Keith Jarrett concert. Jarrett had just recently ventured into solo territory at the Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany in June of 1972. So the vibe is there in the air of young artists capering, conjuring thin air into something like a song. A sonata. A lasting overture.

Album Review

Miles Davis' 3rd Quintet: Reference: Bitches Brew Live 1969 In Europe

Read "Reference: Bitches Brew Live 1969 In Europe" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 11, 2026

For Miles Davis, timing was everything. His music rarely stood still long enough for audiences to catch up. The Columbia releases of Filles de Kilimanjaro (January 29, 1969) and In a Silent Way (July 30, 1969) marked the decisive bridge between his acoustic past and electric future. Yet Davis was already moving beyond that bridge before listeners had a chance to cross it. Less than a month after In a Silent Way reached record stores, he assembled musicians for what ...

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Four new releases including Chick Corea's last concert, Chris Hazelton, The Sistering and Billy Childs

by George Graham
June 3, 2026

Four new releases, including the last concert by Chick Corea , organist Chris Hazelton , the vocal quartet The Sistering and Pianist Billy ChildsPlaylist Chick Corea “Armando's Rumba/It Could Happen to You/Overjoyed" from Forever Yours--The Farewell Performance (Candid) 15:06 Chris Hazelton “Summer in Central Park" from In Rotation (Cellar) 8:04 Chris Hazelton “Paris of the Plains" from In Rotation (Cellar) 6:29 Kate McGarry, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Lois Deloatch & Nnenna Freelon “River Song" from The Sistering (Self Released) ...

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Chick Corea: A Retrospective

by Larry Slater
May 2, 2025

Chick Corea was a jazz master and a celebrated artist who explored harmonically adventurous post-bop, electric fusion, Latin, classical and solo piano. He emerged on the jazz scene as a member of Miles Davis's group, and went on to found the fusion group Return to Forever with Stanley Clarke. Throughout his career, Corea never abandoned his first love, the acoustic piano. His distinctive touch and brilliant improvisations were a hallmark of his long and productive career. In this ...

Album Review

Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade: Triology 3

Read "Triology 3" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
February 21, 2025

The gift that graciously and selflessly keeps on giving, Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade, known far and wide by both young and old as Trilogy, comes to life once more on Triology 3. Cut short by that global pandemic the world still cannot shake, these gloriously effusive live performances are gathered from the trio's final tour (February-March 2020), precisely a year before the pianist's death in February 2021 from a rare cancer. He was 79.

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Chick Corea, Miles Davis, FazJaz, Fragile and Gary Willis

by Len Davis
November 10, 2024

From the Live In The Sky series in Japan Chick Corea and Miles Davis. Japanese bands FazJaz and Fragile, Netherlnds pianist Frans Vollink, keyboard player Gary Husband with Mark Mondesir and Mike Mondesir and we finish with bassist Gary Willis. Playlist Chick Corea Band “Nice Shot" from Live Under The Sky 1980 (Equinox) 00:00 Miles Davis Band “One Phone Call-Street Scenes" from Live Under The Sky 1987 (Equinox Time Marker FazJaz “The Eye Of The Hurricane" from Distortional ...