Jazz Articles about Chick Corea

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Chick Corea Trio: Past, Present & Futures

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2001

As Chick Corea, restless and creative as ever, continues to forge ahead with new musical ideas and new ensemble configurations, he has basically taken his Origin group and reduced it to its percussive core of the basic piano trio. But Corea’s music remains distinctive as always, and his new trio can’t really be mistaken for another.Not only because Corea’s style and his mixture of Latin and jazz are so distinctive. But also because the camaraderie of Origin’s rhythm ...

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Miles Davis: In A Silent Way

by John Ballon
September 1, 2000

Miles Davis was going through exciting musical changes in 1968, listening and playing things which were leading him into the future and into In a Silent Way. His music and lifestyle were being influenced by a wave of new sounds and ideas, and he was responding deeply to the music of James Brown, Sly Stone, and Jimi Hendrix. Having already pushed acoustic jazz to the limits with his mid-Sixties quintet, Miles metamorphosed the new sounds around him, creating a work ...

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Miles Davis: In A Silent Way

by John Ballon
September 1, 2000

Miles Davis was going through exciting musical changes in 1968, listening and playing things which were leading him into the future and into In a Silent Way. His music and lifestyle were being influenced by a wave of new sounds and ideas, and he was responding deeply to the music of James Brown, Sly Stone, and Jimi Hendrix. Having already pushed acoustic jazz to the limits with his mid-Sixties quintet, Miles metamorphosed the new sounds around him, creating a work ...

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Chick Corea: Solo Piano Standards/Originals

by Mark Corroto
July 1, 2000

Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and Chick Corea’s piano careers will be forever intertwined. Born within five years of each other, each apprenticed with Miles Davis, and interestingly enough each took to the electric keyboards under Miles. The Miles Davis influence pushed each into experimentation, innovation, and to my mind redemption at the keyboards. Jarrett’s experimental Impulse! Years gave way to his Standards Trio and a neo-classicism. Hancock has played with dance rhythms and funk, giving us the pre-hip hop “Rockit.” ...

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Chick Corea: Originals & Standards

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2000

Recorded in November 1999, Chick Corea’s 2-CD solo piano set is a “best of" compilation, selected by the artist, from 10 concerts he performed in Europe and Japan on a whirlwind tour. Packaged separately, the two discs represent what Corea normally achieves in concert: one platter contains the pianist's originals, while the other contains standards by Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others.

With one hand working in triple meter and the other hand simultaneously ...

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Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Ray Haynes, Dave Holland: Like Minds

by Dave Hughes
December 1, 1999

This recording is simply sheer brilliance. All five players are in the top echelon in their genre. It's not just the individual virtuosity, it's also the group interplay that makes this CD so wondrous. The choice of material (all compositions by Metheny, Corea, or Burton, plus one Gershwin tune) also suits the collective personnel well; all tunes provide the framework for intricate interplay during the melody lines as well as inspired improvizations and sensitive comping. The program features new settings ...

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Chick Corea & Origin: Change

by David Adler
September 1, 1999

If you dig Chick Corea but haven’t yet heard Origin, run — don’t walk — and pick up this record. And pick up their debut record from last year while you’re at it. It’s the most exciting stuff Chick has done in years. His bandmates in Origin are primarily young, up-and-coming, straight-ahead jazz musicians. And that’s refreshing. Origin’s music is not a mere showcase for hotshot soloists. Chick’s last acoustic jazz outing, his Bud Powell tribute band, was wonderful. But ...