Jazz Articles about Chick Corea

Chick Corea: Origin

by Robert Spencer
July 1, 1998

In the early Seventies, Chick Corea played in Circle with Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul. Braxton, of course, was moving fast toward musical experimentation; Corea, in the grip of Scientology, wanted to go in a more commercial direction. Twenty-five years later, Braxton is a grand old man of the avant-garde, and Chick Corea is a very rich man. But on this disc Corea puts aside the electric keyboards and pop / funk stuff for a sharp jazz set ...

Chick Corea & Origin: Origin

by Jim Santella
July 1, 1998

Recorded live at the Blue Note, Chick Corea's new working unit, Origin, plays straight-ahead acoustic modern mainstream jazz. The band includes trombonist Steve Davis, saxophonists Bob Sheppard and Steve Wilson, acoustic bassist Avishai Cohen, and drummer Adam Cruz. All tracks except “It Could Happen To You" are Corea's compositions. Since it's a live session and since most tracks exceed ten minutes, there's plenty of time for each artist to stretch out.

Each member of Origin has ample prior experience; they ...

Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Native Sense: The New Duets

by Dave Hughes
February 1, 1998

recorded acoustic duet albums three times in the past, in 1972, 1978, and 1979, on the German ECM label. Now, nearly twenty years later and once again recording for the same label (Corea's Stretch Records), they're together again. It's wonderful to hear that, despite the many different paths they have travelled on their respective musical journeys, they still have that special chemistry and they have, if anything, grown more musically compatible as they've matured.

This is a wonderful piece of ...

Chick Corea and Gary Burton: Native Sense-The New Duets

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1997

Pianist Chick Corea and Gary Burton (vibes and marimba) have put together a new disc of duets, Native Sense, and it can be summed up in one word: lovely. This is the fifth duet recording from these two; their interaction shows the ease and comfort of a long association, even though the last release was twelve years ago. For Native Sense, Corea tells us in his liner notes, he wrote two new melodies: “Post Script" and “Rhumbata." Three other numbers, ...