Results for "Chick Corea"

Article: Album Review

Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House: Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House: January 1975 (Livelove Series Vol 1)

by Mark Sullivan
February 9, 2015

Guitarist Larry Coryell is unquestionably one of the pioneers of jazz/rock fusion, incorporating rock elements as early as the mid-1960s with the group The Free Spirits, and later with vibraphonist Gary Burton. He never attained the recognition of many who followed, but the Eleventh House was an attempt to attract the same audience as groups like ...

News: Award / Grant

Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two

February 9, 2015

Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Eddie Reyes

by AAJ Staff
January 23, 2015

Meet Eddie Reyes: Eddie Reyes has evolved a unique and personal style on the guitar. Although for much of his playing career he has focused on electric jazz guitar, he now turns mostly to the acoustic. He has evolved his style from, first, a fascination with Brazilian Jazz to his present passion, Flamenco. In the ...

Article: Album Review

The Stanley Clarke Band: UP

by Walter Atkins
January 22, 2015

UP is the latest CD from the baddest bassist on the planet, Stanley Clarke. This is the first recording by the Stanley Clarke Band since the 2010 eponymous release The Stanley Clarke Band. The acclaimed bassist extraordinaire has handpicked an amazing list of guest musicians to play with The SCB. According to the official Stanley Clarke ...

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Take Five with Jimmy Bennington

by AAJ Staff
January 15, 2015

Meet Jimmy Bennington: Jimmy Bennington was born May 22, 1970 in Columbus, OH. Mentored by late Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones, Bennington celebrates 25 years in the music field in 2015. Jimmy has performed and recorded with many artists including David Haney, Perry Robinson, Julian Priester, Steve Cohn, Ed Schuller, Daniel Carter, Ken Filiano, and Fred ...

Article: Year in Review

2014: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 5, 2015

The year 2014 turned out to be a year noteworthy for its numbers. Newport turned 60, Blue Note turned 75, International Jazz Day's third edition featured 900 events in more than 190 countries. The jazz world lost seven of its NEA Jazz Masters, and New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos died at 103. Sad but not unexpected, ...

Album

The Ultimate Adventure: You Can't Return to Forever

By Chick Corea

Label: Stretch Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Three Ghouls Part 1; Three Ghouls Part 2; Three Ghouls Part 3; CIty of Brass; Queen Tedmur; El Stephen; King & Queen; Moseb the Executioner Part 1; Moseb the Executioner Part 2; Moseb the Executioner Part 3; North Africa; Flight from Karoof; Planes of Existence Part 1; Arabian Nights; Gods & Devils; Planes of Existence Part 2.

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Trilogy

By Chick Corea

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2014
Track listing: CD1: You're My Everything; Recorda Me; The Song is You; Work; My Foolish Heart; Fingerprints; Spain. CD2: This is Now; Alice in Wonderland; It Could Happen to You; Blue Monk; Armando's Rhumba; Op. 11, no. 9; How Deep is the Ocean?. CD3: Homage; Piano Sonata: The Moon; Someday My Prince Will Come.

Album

Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3

By Miles Davis

Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: CD 1 (Fillmore East, June 17, 1970): Introduction; Directions; The Mask; It's About That Time; Bitches Brew; The Theme; Paraphernalia (bonus track from Fillmore West, April 11, 1970); Footprints (bonus track from Fillmore West, April 11, 1970).

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CD 2 (Fillmore East, June 18, 1970): Directions; The Mask; It's About That Time; Bitches Brew; The Theme; Spanish Key (encore); The Theme.

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CD 3 (Fillmore East, June 19, 1970): Directions; The Mask; It's About That Time; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Sanctuary; Bitches Brew; The Theme; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (bonus track from Fillmore West, April 11, 1970).

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CD 4 (Fillmore East, June 20, 1970): Directions; The Mask; It's About That Time; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Sanctuary; Bitches Brew; Willie Nelson; The Theme.

Article: Album Review

Alex García’s AfroMantra: This Side of Mestizaje

by Roger Farbey
December 22, 2014

From the word go, this tight band shows its mettle with upbeat lyricism as evidenced in the opener “Believe." A Chick Corea Return to Forever era influence is apparent with “11:11 Spirit," Fender Rhodes to the fore. The title track clearly displays what a drum-led group sounds like, Alex Garcia's intelligent and incisive percussion ...