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Chick Corea / Stefano Bollani: Orvieto

Read "Orvieto" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
November 14, 2011

Though Chick Corea and Stefano Bollani hail from opposite sides of the Atlantic they're kindred spirits in many ways. Two of jazz's more prolific musicians, both have explored music in any number of settings. Both embrace the roots and traditions of jazz yet refuse to be shackled. A love of Latin melodies is also common ground, ...

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Chick Corea / Stefano Bollani: Orvieto

by John Kelman
September 26, 2011

If the combination of two chordal instruments--guitar with piano, or vibraphone with guitar, say--can prove a significant challenge in improvised music, then surely the piano duo is the most demanding of all. No other instrument has a seven-and-a-quarter octave range, played with eight fingers and two thumbs, creating far greater risk of harmonic, melodic and rhythmic ...