Jazz Articles about Chick Corea

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The Anthology

by John Kelman
June 5, 2008

One of the seminal fusion bands of the 1970s, keyboardist Chick Corea's Return to Forever, alongside like-minded but completely different groups including Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report, not only went to vinyl sales territory few jazz artists had gone before, but to arena tours more normally associated with big ticket rock groups. But the music of RTF was never meant to be intimate. The high velocity and high volume playing was far more fitting ...

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Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure - Live In Barcelona

by Ernest Barteldes
April 13, 2008

Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure: Live in Barcelona Concord 2007

A mixture of Latin and Flamenco with jazz was pianist Chick Corea's strategy for this 2007 Barcelona concert from the Palau de Musica. Backed by Jorge Pardo (flute, soprano and alto sax), Carles Benavent (bass), Rubem Dantas (percussion) and Tom Brechtlein (drums), all of whom had also participated on the studio-recorded companion piece of the same name, Corea kicks off the set ...

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Chick Corea & Gary Burton: The New Crystal Silence

by Francis Lo Kee
April 4, 2008

The original Crystal Silence (recorded in 1972) was--and still is--one of the strongest early releases on the then relatively new ECM Records. Pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton have been working as a dynamic duo for over 35 years now, releasing many CDs in duo form and with various ensembles. The playing on the original Crystal Silence is almost telepathic and the scope of the compositional direction wide, enough to produce a riveting album never hampered ...

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Chick Corea & Gary Burton: The New Crystal Silence

by John Kelman
February 15, 2008

The circumstances that led to pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton collaborating on Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973) are the definition of serendipitous happenstance. Neither thought the record would have wide appeal, yet it's gone on to become not only a classic for the label, but for both artists, who have since built large discographies with plenty of individual milestones. Recording infrequently as a duo, they've played together every year since that first meeting, with some significant globe-trotting in 2007 ...

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Chick Corea & Gary Burton: The New Crystal Silence

by Chris May
February 6, 2008

Time flies when you're having fun. 2007 marked the 35th anniversary of pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton's duo, and 2009 will be the 30th anniversary of the pair's first album, Crystal Silence (ECM, 1972).

To celebrate the occasions, Corea and Burton have released a double-disc, quasi-greatest hits collection recorded live in Australia and Norway in 2007. The first disc finds the duo in concert with the Sydney Symphony orchestra, while the second features them on their ...

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Chick Corea and Gary Burton Bring 35th Anniversary Show to London

by John Eyles
July 10, 2007

Chick Corea and Gary Burton 35th Anniversary Crystal Silence TourBarbican CentreLondon, EnglandJune 30, 2007 As they took to the Barbican stage, they were announced as “Chick Corea and Gary Burton, Crystal Silence." This tour marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Corea and Burton first playing together. (As Burton told the audience, “It was at an impromptu jam session at the end of a German festival. We were the only two who responded to ...

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Chick Corea / Bela Fleck: The Enchantment

by Stephen Wood
June 3, 2007

It is not obvious that music is always musical. Formulaic repetition of past innovations quickly become recognizably trite and, to most ears, off-putting. The duo setting presses a brutal honesty between musicians that has historically not only kept curdled tendencies at bay but has also pushed forth innovation. Jazz musicians of the finest reputation, including guitarists Jim Hall, Joe Pass and Pat Metheny, and pianists Bill Evans and Brad Mehldau, have forged platinum grails of the jazz tradition in this ...